''Sagenosoma'' is a genus of
moths in the family
Sphingidae, containing only one species, the elsa sphinx moth (''Sagenosoma elsa''), which is known from the south-western
United States (Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah and Colorado) and northern
Mexico.
The length of the forewings is 23–38 mm. Adults are on wing from mid April to mid August, in either one or two generations.
The larvae have been recorded on ''
Lycium pallidum
''Lycium pallidum'' is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family known by the common names pale wolfberry and pale desert-thorn. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. In Mexico it can be found in Sonora, ...
''.
References
Sphingini
Monotypic moth genera
Taxa named by Karl Jordan
Moths described in 1878
Sphingidae genera
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