The Sphingidae of California


Arctonotus lucidus courtesy of T. W. Davies.

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Sphinginae subfamily

Sphingini tribe:

Agrius cingulata
Manduca quinquemaculatuswwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Manduca rustica
Manduca sexta
Sphinx asella
Sphinx chersis
Sphinx dollii
Sphinx drupiferarum
Sphinx libocedrus
Sphinx perelegans
Sphinx sequoiae
Sphinx vashti

Smerinthini Tribe:

Pachysphinx occidentalis
Paonias excaecata
Paonias myops
Smerinthus cerisyi
Smerinthus saliceti








Macroglossinae subfamily

Dilophonotini tribe:mm

Aellopos clavipes
Callionima parce
Erinnyis crameri
Erinnyis ello
Erinnyis obscura
Hemaris diffinis
Hemaris senta

Philampelini tribe:mm

Eumorpha achemon
Eumorpha fasciatus

Macroglossini tribe:

Arctonotus lucidus
Euproserpinus euterpe
Euproserpinus phaeton
Hyles euphorbiae
Hyles lineata
Proserpinus clarkiae
Proserpinus flavofasciata


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Active files exist for those counties listed in red. Sighting data would be greatly appreciated. Please send data to Bill Oehlke. Files will be created and uploaded as information arrives.

Smerinthus saliceti male, Encinitas, northern/coastal San Diego County, California,
August 21, 2007, 5:00pm, courtesy of Don Doerfler, Digital Camera: Olympus 5060, 8MP

Notes/thumbnails (adult moths) for individual counties, northern California:

Del Norte W
Siskiyou NE
Glenn C
Plumas SE

Humboldt W
Modoc NE
Butte C
Sierra SE

Trinity W
Shasta NE
Colusa C
Nevada SE

Mendocino W
Lassen NE
Sutter C
Placer SE

Lake W
Tehama NE
Yuba C
Eldorado SE

Notes on individual counties, central California:

Marin NW
Sacramento NC
El Dorado NE
San Francisco WC
Mono E
Monterey S

Sonoma NW
San Joaquin NC
Alpine NE
Alameda WC
Mariposa E
San Benito S

Napa NW
Stanislaus NC
Amador NE
San Mateo WC
Madera E
Kings S

Yolo NW
Merced NC
Calaveras NE
Santa Cruz WC
Fresno E
Tulare S

Solana NW
Contra Costa NC
Tuolumne NE
Santa Clara WC
Inyo E

Notes on individual counties, southern California:

San Luis Obispo
Los Angeles

Kern
Orange

San Bernardino
Riverside

Santa Barbara
San Diego

Ventura
Imperial

Eumorpha achemon, fourth instar larva, June 25, 2005
Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, courtesy of Peter Sidoruk.

The section below will be developed starting in 2007, based on larval images submitted from California. Currently only those counties listed in red are active.

Larval thumbnails for individual counties, northern California:

Del Norte W
Siskiyou NE
Glenn C
Plumas SE

Humboldt W
Modoc NE
Butte C
Sierra SE

Trinity W
Shasta NE
Colusa C
Nevada SE

Mendocino W
Lassen NE
Sutter C
Placer SE

Lake W
Tehama NE
Yuba C
Eldorado SE

Larval thumbnails for individual counties, central California:

Marin NW
Sacramento NC
El Dorado NE
San Francisco WC
Mono E
Monterey S

Sonoma NW
San Joaquin NC
Alpine NE
Alameda WC
Mariposa E
San Benito S

Napa NW
Stanislaus NC
Amador NE
San Mateo WC
Madera E
Kings S

Yolo NW
Merced NC
Calaveras NE
Santa Cruz WC
Fresno E
Tulare S

Solana NW
Contra Costa NC
Tuolumne NE
Santa Clara WC
Inyo E

Larval thumbnails for individual counties, southern California:

San Luis Obispo
Los Angeles

Kern
Orange

San Bernardino
Riverside

Santa Barbara
San Diego

Ventura
Imperial

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