About Ceratomia hageni Grote, 1874
Ceratomia hageni, commonly known as the Osage orange sphinx or Hagen's sphinx, is a species of hawk moth belonging to the family Sphingidae. This species was first formally described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is native to midwestern North America, where it occurs from Michigan in the north to Georgia in the south, and from Nebraska in the west to Texas in the south, found across most areas between these points in association with its only known host plant. The only known food plant used by C. hageni caterpillars is Maclura pomifera, commonly called Osage orange.
