Pseudosphinx tetrio: Tetrio Sphinx
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Description: Photographs of this moth and its caterpillar, with information on its distribution, description, life cycle, biology, host plants, damage caused and management.
tetrio sphinx - Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linnaeus) common name: tetrio sphinx, giant gray sphinx, frangipani hornworm (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) (Linnaeus), is a common moth in the American tropics and subtropics that less frequently occurs in southern parts of Florida. Although the adults exhibit mostly drab grey coloration, larvae are conspicuous, large caterpillars that often occur in gardens feeding on frangipani and other members of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae).
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| Page title: | tetrio sphinx - Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linnaeus) |
| Keywords: | tetrio sphinx giant gray frangipani hornworm Pseudosphinx tetrio Lepidoptera Sphingidae James Dunford Kathryn Barbara |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |