The Sphingidae of Iowa

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. I will attempt to identify any Sphingidae larvae or adults that are unknown to you.

Aellopos titan, Marshalltown, Iowa, September 2005, courtesy of John Jude.

Hylkes lineata, Marshalltown, Iowa, 6:00 pm, September 23, 2005, courtesy of John Jude.

Agrius cingulata possible stray
Dolba hyloeus probably
Manduca jasminearum
Sphinx canadensis
Sphinx franckii
Sphinx gordius probably
Sphinx luscitiosa probably
Smerinthus cerisyi
Erinnyis ello possible stray
Erinnyis obscura possible stray
Hemaris thysbe almost definitely
Eumorpha fasciatus possible stray
Darapsa choerilus
Darapsa versicolor
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This page is brought to you by Bill Oehlke and the WLSS. Pages are on space rented from Bizland. If you would like to become a "Patron of the Sphingidae Site", contact Bill.

Please send sightings/images to Bill. I will do my best to respond to requests for identification help.

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

Hyles euphorbiae, Panama (Shelby County), Iowa, July 28, 2007,
courtesy of Jenny Schechinger.

Jenny writes, "I just wanted to report that on 7/28/07 I found over a dozen of these caterpillars in my front yard! They have since disappeared- which i just learned from your website that they pupate in the ground. I live in Western Iowa in Shelby county just north of the town of Panama. It sounds like they are a rare find, so I'm excited to have found them."