Pseudosphinx tetrio caterpillar on Plumeria alba plant species leaf cover photo - 262392862

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Photo title: Pseudosphinx tetrio caterpillar on Plumeria alba plant species leaf
Author: Ricardnature

Cover photo description:
This is a Pseudosphinx tetrio moth species, Sphingidae family. This is the larva. The larva is a caterpillar which may exceed 15 centimeters in length. It is black with aposematic yellow bands and a red-orange head. Toward the posterior end is an orange bump with a black horn roughly 2 centimeters long. The legs are orange with black spots. It is native to the tropical and subtropical Americas from the southern and southwestern United States to Brazil. The host plant we apreciate in this image is a Plumeria alba plant species. Observed at Cerro CahuÃ Protected Biotope, PetÃ©n department, northern Guatemala.

insect green invertebrate animal leaf yellow arthropod flower wing plant nature pollinator branch pseudosphinx tetrio species sphingidae family larva caterpillar exceed centimeters length black aposematic bands red orange head posterior orange bump horn roughly long legs spots native tropical subtropical americas southern southwestern united states brazil observed cerro cahuí protected biotope petén department northern guatemala host apreciate plumeria alba pseudo moth lepidoptera