Descriptions of New Ceratomia hageni (Sphingidae: Sphinginae) Larval Color Morphs

Teá Kesting-Handly; Dan Montagna; Kate Farkas

doi:10.18473/lepi.75i1.a4

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Teá Kesting-Handly,^1,2,* Dan Montagna,^1,2 Kate Farkas³

¹Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston MA, 02125
²SphingidaeUSA, www.sphingidae.us, 7 Elm St. #2, Somerville, MA 02143
³301 S FM 1417 #1623, Sherman TX, 75092

^*Corresponding Author Email: Tea.KestingHandly001@umb.edu

Abstract

The genus Ceratomia (Harris, 1839) is a widespread genus in the United States containing seven species. This genus has several species with striking color variation as larvae. Ceratomia hageni Grote, 1874 has been documented with a single larval color, contrasting with others in the genus. This paper describes and depicts two new color variations, a brown morph and a brown-yellow morph of final instar C. hageni larvae.

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Teá Kesting-Handly, Dan Montagna, and Kate Farkas "Descriptions of New Ceratomia hageni (Sphingidae: Sphinginae) Larval Color Morphs," The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 75(1), 33-36, (9 April 2021). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i1.a4

Received: 13 March 2020; Accepted: 28 September 2020; Published: 9 April 2021