''Cautethia'' is a genus of
moths in the family
Sphingidae first described by
Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1867.
Species
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Cautethia carsusi
''Cautethia carsusi'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae from the Dominican Republic. It was described by Jean Haxaire and Pierre Schmit in 2001. It is the largest species in the genus ''Cautethia''. The wing length of males is 19.5 ...
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Haxaire & Schmit, 2001
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Cautethia exuma
''Cautethia exuma'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae, which is known from the Bahamas. It was described by Timothy L. McCabe in 1984.
Moths in this species have a wingspan of 27–32 millimetres. They are immediately distinguishab ...
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McCabe, 1984
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Cautethia grotei
''Cautethia grotei'', or Grote's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1882.
Distribution
It resides in the US state of Florida and the islands of the Caribbean.
Description
The wingspan is 28� ...
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H. Edwards, 1882
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Cautethia noctuiformis
''Cautethia noctuiformis'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae, which is known from the Caribbean. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856.
The wingspan is 28–40 mm. Adults nectar at flowers.
The larvae feed on '' Chiococ ...
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(Walker, 1856)
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Cautethia simitia
''Cautethia simitia'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Schaus in 1932. It is known from Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions ...
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Schaus, 1932
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Cautethia spuria
''Cautethia spuria'', the spurious sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. It lives from Mexico to Costa Rica to southern Texas and Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw la ...
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(Boisduval, 1875)
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Cautethia yucatana
''Cautethia yucatana'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae, which is known from California and Mexico south to Central America. It was described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1919.
Female moths in this species have a wingspan of 16 milli ...
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Clark, 1919
Gallery
Cautethia grotei MHNT CUT 2010 0 254 Florida City, Florida, male.jpg, ''Cautethia grotei
''Cautethia grotei'', or Grote's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1882.
Distribution
It resides in the US state of Florida and the islands of the Caribbean.
Description
The wingspan is 28� ...
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Cautethia spuria MHNT Cut 2010 0 6.jpg, ''Cautethia spuria
''Cautethia spuria'', the spurious sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. It lives from Mexico to Costa Rica to southern Texas and Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw la ...
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Cautethia yucatana MHNT CUT 2010 0 6.jpg, ''Cautethia yucatana
''Cautethia yucatana'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae, which is known from California and Mexico south to Central America. It was described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1919.
Female moths in this species have a wingspan of 16 milli ...
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References
Dilophonotini
Moth genera
Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
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