there is a small white dot. The hindwings are a plain gray with a darker band running the length of the near-edge. The outer ends of the forewings and hindwings are both dashed with a light-dark-light pattern. Three broken, dark bands run the length of the body from the thorax to the tip of the abdomen. The antennae are stiff and wiry and have hook at the tips. Some specimens have a prominent splash of bright white on their upper head and wings and stand out considerably from other C. amyntor. Food plants Ulmus (elm) Betula (birch) Tilia (basswood) Prunus (cherry) Tomato plants Pepper plants See also Lepidoptera Moths Sphingidae References Villiard, P. (1969). Moths and How to Rear Them. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. LCCN 68-27516 External links "Ceratomia amyntor The Elm Sphinx or Four-horned Sphinx (Geyer, [1835&#93)". Sphingidae of the Americas. Archived October 7, 2007. Ceratomia Moths described in 1835 Moths of North America