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Sagenosoma

Synonyms: Dictyosoma

Wikipedia Abstract

Sagenosoma is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing only one species, the Elsa Sphinx Moth (Sagenosoma elsa), which is known from the south-western United States (Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah and Colorado) and northern Mexico. The length of the forewings is 23–38 mm. Adults are on wing from mid April to mid August, in either one or two generations. The larvae have been recorded on Lycium pallidum.
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Species

Sagenosoma elsa (Elsa's Sphinx)

External References

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