Food Plants
C. catalpae can be quite harmful to the Catalpa tree during large outbreaks. The first trial of aerial crop dusting was an attempt to control the Catalpa Sphinx.
- Catalpa bignonioides, (Southern Catalpa)
- Catalpa speciosa, (Northern Catalpa)
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