Ceratomia undulosa
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{{Taxobox
| name = Waved sphinx
| image = Ceratomia undulosa sjh.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Adult specimen
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| unranked_familia = [[Macrolepidoptera]]
| superfamilia = [[Bombycoidea]]
| familia = [[Sphingidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Sphinginae]]
| genus = ''[[Ceratomia]]''
| species = '''''C. undulosa'''''
| binomial = ''Ceratomia undulosa''
| binomial_authority = ([[Edmund Murton Walker|Walker]], [[1856]])
}}
The '''waved sphinx''' ('''''Ceratomia undulosa''''') is a [[moth]] of the family [[Sphingidae]]. Adult moths are strictly [[nocturnal]], hiding away as dawn approaches (Fullard & Napoleone 2001).
==References==
* Fullard, James H. & Napoleone, Nadia (2001): Diel flight periodicity and the evolution of auditory defences in the Macrolepidoptera. ''Animal Behaviour'' '''62'''(2): 349–368. <small>{{doi|10.1006/anbe.2001.1753}}</small> [http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3full/reprints/FullNapolDielAB.pdf PDF fulltext]
==External links==
*[http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/usa/1031.htm Waved Sphinx] Moths of North America Guide
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