Waved Sphinx

Ceratomia undulosa

The Waved Sphinx is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the United States, and southern Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains. Adult moths are strictly nocturnal, hiding away as dawn approaches.
Waved Sphinx Ceratomia undulosa,Geotagged,United States,Waved Sphinx

Naming

*''Ceratomia undulosa undulosa''
⤷ ''Ceratomia undulosa polingi'' Clark, 1929
Waved sphinx moth (Ceratomia undulosa) This sphinx moth is one of my favorite night visitors. Ceratomia undulosa,Geotagged,Summer,United States

Food

Recorded food plants of the larvae include ''Fraxinus'' and possibly ''Quercus'' species. Larvae then dig underground to pupate.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusCeratomia
SpeciesC. undulosa
Photographed in
United States of America