Cautethia spuria

Spurious sphinx
	Cautethia spuria, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Cautethia
Species:	C. spuria
Binomial name
	Cautethia spuria; (Boisduval, 1875)
Synonyms
	Oenosanda spuria Boisduval, 1875;

The spurious sphinx (Cautethia spuria) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives from Mexico to Costa Rica to southern Texas and Oklahoma on the North American continent.

The upperside of the forewing is pale silvery gray with black markings. In some individuals the wing base is very dark. The upperside of the hindwing is deep yellow with a black border that covers more than half the wing. There are multiple generations per year. Adults nectar at flowers. The wingspan is 35–45 mm.

Larvae feed on Coutarea hexandra, Chiococca alba and Chiococca pachyphylla and probably other Rubiaceae species.^[2]

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

External links

Spurious sphinx Butterflies and Moths of North America
Cautethia spuria Sphingidae of the Americas

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

[2] "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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