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title: "Catalpa Sphinx"
description: "Ceratomia catalpae — Insetos e aranhas. Ceratomia catalpae, the catalpa sphinx, is a hawk moth of the family Sphingidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/catalpa-sphinx
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Catalpa Sphinx

> Ceratomia catalpae — Insetos e aranhas. Ceratomia catalpae, the catalpa sphinx, is a hawk moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Ceratomia catalpae*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 11033
- Wikidata: [Q138726](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138726)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143440](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143440)

## Names

- en: Catalpa Sphinx

## Countries with the most observations

US (9741), CA (66)

## Summary

Ceratomia catalpae, the catalpa sphinx, is a hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Other common names are the Catawba worm, or Catalpa sphinx.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratomia_catalpae

## Photo

![Catalpa Sphinx](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/catalpa-sphinx/medium.jpg)

Photo: Elliott · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/301999476

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/catalpa-sphinx?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).