The Sphingidae of Connecticut

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 stray Ceratomia amyntor Ceratomia undulosa Dolba hyloeus Lapara bombycoides Lapara coniferarum Manduca jasminearum wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Manduca sexta Paratrea plebeja Sphinx chersis Sphinx drupiferarum Sphinx eremitus Sphinx gordius Sphinx kalmiae Sphinx luscitiosa Smerinthini tribe: Amorpha juglandis Pachysphinx modesta Paonias astylus Paonias excaecata Paonias myops Smerinthus jamaicensis

Macroglossinae subfamily Dilophonotini tribe:mm Erinnyis ello stray Hemaris thysbe Hemaris gracilis Hemaris diffinis Philampelini tribe:mm Eumorpha achemon Eumorpha pandorus Macroglossini tribe: Amphion floridensis Darapsa choerilus Darapsa myron Darapsa versicolor Deidamia inscriptum Hyles gallii Hyles lineata Sphecodina abbottii Xylophanes tersa Return to Index by Nation Return to U. S. A. Table Return to Main Sphingidae Index

Sphinx kalmiae, fifth instar, feeding on lilac, July 17, 2006,
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, courtesy of Rebecca Gregory.

Rebecca reports the adult moth emerged on August 7, 2006, twenty-days after pupation.

Individual county checklists (adult moths): Counties will be completed as sightings arrive. Currently only those in red are active.

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