The Sphingidae of Colorado

Manduca sexta sexta by Thomas Hörbrand.

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Below the tables of scientific names, there is a listing of common names.

Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke. Images are also greatly appreciated and will be used and credited (with permission) on county pages.

Sphinginae subfamily

Sphingini tribe:

Agrius cingulata
Ceratomia amyntor
Ceratomia catalpae
Ceratomia undulosa
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Manduca sexta
Sagenosoma elsa
Sphinx asellus
Sphinx chersis
Sphinx dollii
Sphinx drupiferarum
Sphinx gordius
Sphinx luscitiosa
Sphinx perelegans
Sphinx separatus
Sphinx vashti

Smerinthini Tribe:

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









Macroglossinae subfamily

Dilophonotini tribe:mm

Erinnyis ello
Erinnyis obscura obscura
Hemaris diffinis
Hemaris senta




Philampelini tribe:mm

Eumorpha achemon







Macroglossini tribe:

Amphion floridensis
Euproserpinus wiesti
Hyles gallii
Hyles lineata
Proserpinus flavofasciata
Proserpinus juanita


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Common Names

Agrius cingulata
Ceratomia amyntor
Ceratomia catalpae
Ceratomia undulosa
Manduca quinquemaculataw
Manduca sexta
Sphinx asellus
Sphinx chersis
Sphinx dollii
Sphinx drupiferarum
Sphinx gordius
Sphinx luscitiosa
Sphinx perelegans
Sphinx separatus
Sphinx vashti

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

Erinnyis ello
Erinnyis obscura obscura
Hemaris diffinis
Hemaris senta

Eumorpha achemon

Amphion floridensis
Euproserpinus wiesti
Hyles gallii
Hyles lineata
Proserpinus flavofasciata
Proserpinus juanita

Pink-spotted Hawk Moth
Elm Sphinx or Four-horned Sphinx
Catalpa Sphinx
Waved Sphinx
Five-spotted hawkmoth
Carolina Sphinx, Six-spotted hawkmoth
Asella Sphinx
Northern Ash Sphinx or Great Ash Sphinx
Doll's Sphinx
Wild Cherry Sphinx
Apple Sphinx
Canadian Sphinx
Elegant Sphinx
Separated Sphinx
Snowberry Sphinx

Poplar Sphinx or Modest Sphinx
Big Poplar Sphinx
Blinded Sphinx
Small-eyed Sphinx
Cerisyi's sphinx
Twin-spotted Sphinx
Salicet Sphinx

Ello Sphinx
Obscure Sphinx
Snowberry Clearwing or Bumblebee Moth
Rocky Mountain Clearwing

Achemon Sphinx

Nessus Sphinx
Prairie Sphinx
Gallium Sphinx
White-lined Sphinx
Yellow-banded Sphinx
Juanita Sphinx


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Individual notes for southeastern Colorado counties:

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Teller
Fremont
Otero

El Paso
Custer
Bent

Lincoln
Pueblo
Prowers

Cheyenne
Crowley
Las Animas

Kiowa
Huerfano
Baca

Tumorpha achemon, El Paso County, Colorado,
August 9, 2006, on grape, courtesy of Sheri Slike.

This page is brought to you by Bill Oehlke and the WLSS. Please help to build the data base by sending sightings, preferably with images. Please indicate your name and the place and date of the sighting, at least to the county level.