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226750 – 7789 – Ceratomia catalpae – Catalpa Sphinx Moth – (Boisduval, 1875)

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Distribution: From southern New England and Ontario westward through southern Michigan to Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado, south to Florida and Texas. Seasonality and Size: Double-brooded, generally from April through September, with a slightly longer season in the south. Glaser gives flight dates in Maryland from 19 May - 10 October. Wingspan 65 - 95 mm. Larva and Host Plants: The Catalpa tree is the larval food plant. Larva can be extremely abundant and easily defoliate individual trees. The larva are gregarious through the third instar. Description/ Field Marks: forewing yellowish-brown with indistinct black lines and dashes. reniform spot black with grey filling. hindwing yellowish-brown with indistinct lines.

References

Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at BOLD Barcoding Project. Bill Oehlke's Species Page Covell Field Guide p.33; Pl. 5(9, male). Hodges, R. W., 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 21:p. 45; pl. 2.2. order Tuttle, J. P., 2007. Hawk Moths of North America: p. 66; pl. 9.7. Wagner, D. L., (2005). Caterpillars of Eastern North America, p. 251.

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