Biology:Ceratomia sonorensis

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Short description: Species of moth

Sonoran sphinx
Ceratomia sonorensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 323 Pena Blanca Santa Cruz Co, Arizona dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal
Ceratomia sonorensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 323 Pena Blanca Santa Cruz Co, Arizona, ventral.jpg
Male ventral
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ceratomia
Species:
C. sonorensis
Binomial name
Ceratomia sonorensis
Hodges, 1971[1]

Ceratomia sonorensis, the Sonoran sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from high altitudes in oak and oak-pine associations in Madrean woodland in Sonora, Mexico and in south-eastern Arizona.[2]

The wingspan is 84–89 mm.

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Fraxinus species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q147822 entry