The Sphingidae of Arizona

Pachysphinx occidentalis (pale form) by William A. Harding.

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Sphinx chersis, Arizona, courtesy of Adam Fleishman.

Sphinginae subfamily

Sphingini tribe:

Agrius cingulata
Ceratomia sonorensis
Dolbogene hartwegii
Manduca florestan
Manduca muscosa
Manduca occulta
Manduca quinquemaculatawwwnwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Manduca rustica
Manduca sexta
Sagenosoma elsa
Sphinx asellus
Sphinx chersis
Sphinx dollii
Sphinx istar
Sphinx libocedrus
Sphinx separatus
Sphinx sequoiae

Smerinthini Tribe:

Pachysphinx occidentalis
Paonias excaecata
Paonias myops
Smerinthus jamaicensis
Smerinthus cerisyi
Smerinthus saliceti












Macroglossinae subfamily

Dilophonotini tribe:nn

Aellopos clavipes
Aellopos titan
Callionima parce
Enyo lugubris
Erinnyis alope
Erinnyis crameri
Erinnyis domingonis
Erinnyis ello
Erinnyis lassauxii
Erinnyis obscura
Hemaris diffinis
Isognathus rimosa
Pachylia ficus
Pachylioides resumens
Perigonia lusca
Pseudosphinx tetrio

Philampelini tribe:m

Eumorpha achemon
Eumorpha fasciatus
Eumorpha labruscae
Eumorpha satellitia
Eumorpha typhon
Eumorpha vitis

Macroglossini tribe:

Euproserpinus phaeton
Euproserpinus wiesti
Hyles lineata
Proserpinus gaurae
Proserpinus juanita
Proserpinus terlooii
Proserpinus vega
Xylophanes ceratomioides
Xylophanes falco
Xylophanes tersa






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Only those counties in red are active. As additional sightings arrive, the other counties will be completed. Please send sightings and images to Bill Oehlke.

Individual notes for Arizona counties:

Mohave
La Paz
Pima

Yavapai
Yuma
Santa Cruz

Coconino
Maricopa
Graham

Navajo
Gila
Greenler

Apache
Pinal
Cochise

Manduca rustica, Tucson, Arizona, November, on desert willow, David Bygott

Manduca quiquemaculata fifth instar, dark form, Tucson, Arizona, August 17, 2006,
ravaging tomato plants, courtesy of David Bygott, id confirmed by James Tuttle.

Robert A. Behrstock sent me these spectacular images, September 29, 2007, of a larva he encountered on Salvia greggii in his garden in Cochise County, Arizona.

Jim Tuttle did the identification and offers the following comments:

"Great shots. All of the penultimate instars of both Lintneria (Sphinx) istar and Lintneria (Sphinx) separatus that I have reared in the past have been mundane green. Given that the larva is molting, I believe that the orange and black is actually the 5th instar "showing" through. It is L. separatus. I suspect that if they had seen the larva one day earlier, it would have just been greenish."

Lintneria separatus, fourth instar molting, Cochise County, Arizona,
September 29, 2007, courtesy of Robert A. Behrstock, tentative id by James A. Tuttle.

Lintneria separatus, fourth instar molting (head), Cochise County, Arizona,
September 29, 2007, courtesy of Robert A. Behrstock, tentative id by James A. Tuttle.

The resemblance of the head/thorax region, with its dark horn, to the anal region, with its dark horn, is remarkable.

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