''Cautethia spuria'', the spurious sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by

Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...

in 1875. It lives from Mexico to

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

to southern Texas and

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on the North American continent.

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Cautethia spuria
Sphingidae of the Americas Cautethia Moths described in 1875 Sphingidae of South America Moths of South America Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Dilophonotini-stub