The Sphingidae of Louisiana

Darapsa myron courtesy of John H. Campbell.

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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.

Special thanks goes to Vernon A. Brou for his extensive research and records regarding the Sphingidae of Louisiana.

Sphinginae subfamily

Sphingini tribe:

Agrius cingulata
Ceratomia amyntor
Ceratomia catalpae
Ceratomia hageni rare
Ceratomia undulosa
Dolba hyloeus
Isoparce cupressi
Lapara coniferarum
Lapara phaeobrachycerous
Manduca jasminearum wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Manduca quinquemaculata
Manduca rustica
Manduca sexta
Paratrea plebeja
Sphinx eremitus rare
Sphinx franckii rare
Sphinx kalmiae

Smerinthini tribe:

Amorpha juglandis
Pachysphinx modesta
Paonias astylus
Paonias excaecata
Paonias myops
Smerinthus jamaicensis












Macroglossinae subfamily

Dilophonotini tribe:mm

Enyo lugubris
Erinnyis ello rare
Erinnyis obscura rare
Hemaris thysbe
Hemaris diffinis
Pachylia ficus rare, stray
Pseudosphinx tetrio rare, stray







Philampelini tribe:mm

Eumorpha achemon
Eumorpha fasciatus
Eumorpha intermedia
Eumorpha labruscae stray
Eumorpha pandorus
Eumorpha vitis rare








Macroglossini tribe:

Amphion floridensis
Darapsa choerilus
Darapsa myron
Darapsa versicolor
Deidamia inscriptum
Hyles lineata
Proserpinus gaurae rare
Sphecodina abbottii
Xylophanes pluto stray
Xylophanes tersa




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Eumorpha fasciata, Jean Lafitte National Park, Lafitte Louisiana, Saturday, 9/25/04,
courtesy of Ronnie Gaubert, copyright.

Below are links to parish by parish pictoral checklists.

Only those parishes/cities indicated in red are currently active.

Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke.

Other pictoral checklists will be posted as sightings arrive.

Individual notes for northwestern parishes:

Caddo
Blenville
Sabine

Bossier
Jackson
Vernon

Webster
Red River
Grant

Claiborne
Nachitoches
Rapides

Lincoln
Winn


Individual notes for northeastern parishes:

Union
Richland
LaSalle

Morehouse
Madison
Catahoula

W. Carroll
Caldwell
Concordia

E. Carroll
Franklin
Avoyelles

Ouachita
Tensas


Individual notes for southwestern parishes:







Individual notes for southeastern parishes:

Pointe Coupee
St. Helena
St. Martin
Iberia
Lafourche

West Feliciana
Tangipahoa
Iberville
Assumption
St. Charles

East Feliciana
Washington
Ascension
St. Mary
Jefferson

West Baton Rouge
Livingston
St. James
St. Martin
Orleans

East Baton Rouge
St. Tammany
St. John the Baptist
Terrebonne
St. Bernard
Plaquemines


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