Sagenosoma

Sagenosoma is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, 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.

Sagenosoma
Sagenosoma elsa ♂
Sagenosoma elsa ♂ △
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sagenosoma
Jordan, 1946
Species:
S. elsa
Binomial name
Sagenosoma elsa
(Strecker, [1878])[1]
Synonyms
  • Dictyosoma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Genus)
  • Sphinx elsa Strecker, 1878 (Species)

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.

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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