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Tersa Sphinx

Xylophanes tersa

Plate II — Tersa Sphinx is Fig. 13
Plate II — Tersa Sphinx is Fig. 13

This common and easily recognized species has a wide range, occurring very rarely as far north as southern Canada, thence southward to Texas and Mexico, and as far south as northern Argentina. The larva feeds on Bouvardia, Spermacoce, and Manetta.