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Alope Sphinx
The caterpillar is brown on the upper side, and pale green on the lower side, the colors being separated by a dark brown interrupted lateral band on either side of the body. On the third segment from the head there is a dark spot relieved by a red ring in the centre. The anal horn is quite short. The larva feeds upon Jatropha and Carica. The insect occurs in southern Florida and ranges southward as far as northern Argentina.