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

# Waved Sphinx

> Ceratomia undulosa — Insetos e aranhas. Ceratomia undulosa, the waved sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Ceratomia undulosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 19966
- Wikidata: [Q138721](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138721)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82153](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82153)

## Names

- en: Waved Sphinx
- es: Polilla esfinge ondulada
- fr: Sphinx ondulé

## Countries with the most observations

US (12751), CA (5080), MX (126)

## Summary

Ceratomia undulosa, the waved sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.  Also known as the "Scorpion Moth" (See "Biology" Below").

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Parks Canada / Parcs Canada / Cape Breton / Cap-Breton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9413088

## Machine access

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