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Pseudosphinx tetrio (Tetrio sphinx)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pseudosphinx tetrio is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. Its common names include tetrio sphinx, giant gray sphinx, frangipani hornworm, and plumeria caterpillar. It is native to the tropical and subtropical Americas from the southern and southwestern United States to Brazil. The occasional individual has been recorded as far north as the northeastern United States.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  5 inches (.133 m)

Prey / Diet

Plumeria alba (nosegaytree)[2]
Plumeria ekmanii (Singapore graveyard flower)[2]
Plumeria rubra (frangipani)[2]
Stillingia tenella (gumtree)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), James C. Dunford and Kathryn A. Barbara, University of Florida, March 2005. Latest Revision: July 2014
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0