Ceratomia Explained

Ceratomia is a genus of hawkmoths (family Sphingidae). The genus was erected by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839. Species include:^[1]

Species

• Ceratomia amyntor (Geyer 1835)^[2]
• Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval 1875)^[3]
• Ceratomia hageni Grote 1874^[4]
• Ceratomia hoffmanni Mooser 1942
• Ceratomia igualana Schaus, 1932
• Ceratomia sonorensis Hodges 1971^[5]
• Ceratomia undulosa (Walker 1856)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Ceratomia Harris, 1839 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . December 31, 2018.
2. Geyer, [1835]; Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 3 ([1827] - [1838]) in Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3 : pl. [9], [11], [21], [26-27], [32], [43], [45] (1827) pl. [7], [13], [35], [42] (1828) pl. [20], [22], [37-38] (1829) pl. [17], [24], [41], [49] (1830) pl. [30] (1831) pl. [25], [28], [31], [44], [50-51] (1832) pl. [5-6], [14-16], [29], [48], [52] (1833) pl. [1], [12], [18] (1834) pl. [2-4], [10], [19], [23], [39], [46] (1835) pl. [40] (1836-1837) pl. [8], [33-34], [36], [47], [53] (1838)
3. Boisduval, [1875]; Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres Hétérocéres. Tome Premier. Sphingides, Sésiides, Castnides Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species general des Lepidopteres Hétérocères, 1 : 1-568, pl. 1-11
4. Grote, 1874; Notes on American Lepidoptera with descriptions of twenty-one new species Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 2: 145-163
5. [Ronald W. Hodges]
6. Walker, 1856; List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 8: 1-271 (1856)