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Ceratomia Amyntor
Hawk moth Hawk" moth` (?; 115). (Zo["o]l.) Any moth of the family Sphingid[ae], of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larv[ae] are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. Tobacco Hawk Moth (Macrosila Carolina), and its Larva, the Tobacco Worm. Note: The larv[ae] of several species of hawk moths feed on grapevines. The elm-tree hawk moth is Ceratomia Amyntor.

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- Ceratomia catalpae, the catalpa sphinx, is a hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Other...
- Ceratomia undulosa, the waved sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. Also known as the...
- Hodges 1971 Ceratomia undulosa (Walker 1856) Ceratomia amyntor Ceratomia catalpae Ceratomia hageni Ceratomia igualana Ceratomia undulosa Ceratomia sonorensis...
- Ceratomia amyntor, the elm sphinx or four-horned sphinx, is a North American moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Geyer...
- Ceratomia hoffmanni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org...
- Cryptic countershaded caterpillar of a hawkmoth, Ceratomia amyntor...
- Ceratomia hageni, the Osage orange sphinx or Hagen's sphinx, is a hawk moth (family Sphingidae). The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe...
- Ceratomia igualana is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. Only a small number has been caught and not much is known...
- Ceratomia sonorensis, the Sonoran sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from high altitudes in oak and oak-pine ****ociations in Madrean...
- respectively. The tree is the sole source of food for the catalpa sphinx moth (Ceratomia catalpae), the leaves being eaten by the caterpillars. When caterpillars...