The Sphingidae of Pennsylvania

Cressonia juglandis = Amorpha juglandis male courtesy of Lynn Scott.

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There is a hypertext index with common names at the bottom of this page.

Please send sightings (location and date) to Bill Oehlke to help me improve this data base. I hope to have county by county pictoral checklists available in near future.

Sphinginae subfamily

Sphingini tribe:

Agrius cingulata stray
Ceratomia amyntor
Ceratomia catalpae
Ceratomia hageni
Ceratomia undulosa
Dolba hyloeus
Lapara bombycoides
Lapara coniferarum
Manduca jasminearum
Manduca quinquemaculatawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Manduca sexta
Paratrea plebeja
Sphinx canadensis
Sphinx chersis
Sphinx drupiferarum
Sphinx eremitus
Sphinx franckii
Sphinx kalmiae
Sphinx luscitiosa
Sphinx pinastri
Sphinx poecila

Smerinthini Tribe:

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















Macroglossinae subfamily

Dilophonotini tribe:mm

Aellopos tantalus stray
Aellopos titan stray
Enyo lugubris stray
Erinnyis ello stray
Hemaris thysbe
Hemaris gracilis
Hemaris diffinis
Pachylia ficus stray
Pseudosphinx tetrio stray

Philampelini tribe:mm

Eumorpha achemon
Eumorpha fasciatus
Eumorpha labruscae
Eumorpha pandorus
Eumorpha vitis

Macroglossini tribe:

Amphion floridensis
Darapsa choerilus
Darapsa myron
Darapsa versicolor
Deidamia inscriptum
Hyles gallii
Hyles lineata
Sphecodina abbottii
Xylophanes tersa

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Agrius cingulata stray
Ceratomia amyntor
Ceratomia catalpae
Ceratomia hageni
Ceratomia undulosa
Dolba hyloeus
Lapara bombycoides
Lapara coniferarum
Manduca jasminearum
Manduca quinquemaculataw
Manduca sexta
Paratrea plebeja
Sphinx canadensis
Sphinx chersis
Sphinx drupiferarum
Sphinx eremitus
Sphinx franckii
Sphinx kalmiae
Sphinx luscitiosa
Sphinx pinastri
Sphinx poecila

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

Aellopos tantalus stray
Aellopos titan stray
Enyo lugubris stray
Erinnyis ello stray
Hemaris thysbe
Hemaris gracilis
Hemaris diffinis
Pachylia ficus stray
Pseudosphinx tetrio stray

Eumorpha achemon
Eumorpha fasciatus
Eumorpha labruscae
Eumorpha pandorus
Eumorpha vitis

Amphion floridensis
Darapsa choerilus
Darapsa myron
Darapsa versicolor
Deidamia inscriptum
Hyles gallii
Hyles lineata
Sphecodina abbottii
Xylophanes tersa

Pink-spotted Hawkmoth
Elm Sphinx or Four-horned Sphinx
Catalpa Sphinx
Hagen's Sphinx or Osage Orange Sphinx
Waved Sphinx
Pawpaw Sphinx
Northern Pine Sphinx
Southern Pine Sphinx
Ash Sphinx
Five-spotted hawkmoth
Carolina Sphinx, Six-spotted hawkmoth
Plebeian sphinx
Canadian Sphinx
Northern Ash Sphinx or Great Ash Sphinx
Wild Cherry Sphinx
Hermit sphinx
Franck's Sphinx
Laurel Sphinx
Canadian Sphinx
Pine hawkmoth
Poecila Sphinx

Walnut sphinx
Poplar Sphinx or Modest Sphinx
Huckleberry Sphinx
Blinded Sphinx
Small-eyed Sphinx
Twin-spotted Sphinx
Cerisyi's sphinx

Tantalus Sphinx
Titan Sphinx or White banded day sphinx
Mournful Sphinx
Ello Sphinx
Hummingbird Clearwing
Slender Clearwing or Graceful Clearwing
Snowberry Clearwing or Bumblebee Moth
Fig Sphinx
Tetrio Sphinx

Achemon Sphinx
Banded Sphinx
Gaudy Sphinx
Pandorus Sphinx
Vine sphinx

Nessus Sphinx
Azalea Sphinx pholus
Virginia Creeper or Grapevine Sphinx
Hydrangea Sphinx
Lettered Sphinx
Bedstraw Hawk Moth or Gallium Sphinx
White-lined Sphinx
Abbott's Sphinx
Tersa Sphinx

The following sections are "works" in progress. Only those counties marked in red are currently active.

Pictoral checklists (moths) with individual notes for western counties:

Erie
Lawrence
Allegheny
McKean
Jefferson
Clinton
Somerset

Crawford
Beaver
Washington
Potter
Clearfield
Centre
Bedford

Mercer
Butler
Greene
Forest
Indiana
Huntington
Fulton

Venango
Clarion
Fayette
Elk
Cambria
Mifflin
Franklin

Warren
Armstrong
Westmoreland
Cameron
Blair
Juniata

Rick Gillmore reports Manduca jasminearum and Sphinx franckii taken in Washington County in 1970s.

Pictoral checklists (moths) with individual notes for eastern counties:

Tioga
Susquehanna
Montour
Lebanon
Mifflin
Adams
Chester

Bradford
Wayne
Columbia
Schuylkill
Juniata
Cumberland
Montgomery

Lycoming
Wyoming
Luzerne
Berks
Snyder
York
Bucks
Northampton

Sullivan
Lackawanna
Carbon
Lehigh
Northumberland
Dauphin
Delaware

Union
Pike
Monroe
Cameron
Perry
Lancaster
Philadelphia

Pictoral checklists (caterpillars) with individual notes for western counties:

Erie
Lawrence
Allegheny
McKean
Jefferson
Clinton
Somerset

Crawford
Beaver
Washington
Potter
Clearfield
Centre
Bedford

Mercer
Butler
Greene
Forest
Indiana
Huntington
Fulton

Venango
Clarion
Fayette
Elk
Cambria
Mifflin
Franklin

Warren
Armstrong
Westmoreland
Cameron
Blair
Juniata

Pictoral checklists (caterpillars) with individual notes for eastern counties:

Tioga
Susquehanna
Montour
Lebanon
Mifflin
Adams
Chester

Bradford
Wayne
Columbia
Schuylkill
Juniata
Cumberland
Montgomery

Lycoming
Wyoming
Luzerne
Berks
Snyder
York
Bucks
Northampton

Sullivan
Lackawanna
Carbon
Lehigh
Northumberland
Dauphin
Delaware

Union
Pike
Monroe
Cameron
Perry
Lancaster
Philadelphia

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