The Sphingidae of Arizona

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Sphinx chersis, Arizona, courtesy of Adam Fleishman.

Sphinginae subfamily Sphingini tribe: Agrius cingulata XSE Ceratomia amyntor SE Ceratomia sonorensis SE Dolbogene hartwegii SE Lintneria istar SE 1/5 Lintneria separatus SE 1/2 Lintneria smithi XSE Manduca florestan SE Manduca muscosa XSE Manduca occulta SE M. quinquemaculatus Twnwwwwwwwwww Manduca rustica S 1/2 Manduca sexta S & W 2/3 Sagenosoma elsa T Sphinx asellus NE 3/4 Sphinx chersis T Sphinx dollii N 1/2; E 1/3 Sphinx libocedrus N 1/2; E 1/3 Sphinx sequoiae XN Sphinx vashti XN Smerinthini Tribe: Pachy. modesta XXNE Pachysphinx occidentalis T Paonias excaecataNE 1/5 Paonias myops NE 4/5 Smerinthus cerisyi T Smerinthus saliceti S 1/3

Macroglossinae subfamily Dilophonotini tribe:nn Aellopos clavipes stray Aellopos titan stray Callio. falcifera stray Cautethia spuria stray Enyo lugubris stray Erinnyis alope stray Erinnyis crameri SE Erinnyis ello S 1/2 Erinnyis lassauxii stray Erinnyis obscura S 1/2 Hemaris thetis T Isognathus rimosa stray Pachylia ficus stray Pachyli. resumens stray Perigonia lusca stray Pseudos. tetrio stray Philampelini tribe:m Eumorpha achemon T Eumorpha elisa stray Eum. fasciatus stray Eum. labruscae stray E. sat. licaon stray Eum. typhon XSE Eumorpha vitis stray Macroglossini tribe: Eupro. phaeton XSW Eupro. wiesti NE 1/3 Hyles lineata T Proser. juanita NE Proserpinus terlooii SE Proserpinus vega SE X. ceratomioides stray Xyloph. falco SE 1/5 Xylophanes tersa stray Return to Index by Nation: Sphingidae Checklists for all countries in the Americas Return to U. S. A. Table: Sphingidae Checklists for all states in the U.S. Return to Main Sphingidae Index Visit Catocala: Underwing Moths of the United States and Canada.

Only those counties in red are active. As additional sightings arrive, the other counties will be completed. Please send sightings and images to Bill Oehlke.

Pictoral Checklists and Individual Notes for Arizona Counties: Adult Moths

Mohave La Paz Pima

Yavapai Yuma Santa Cruz

Coconino Maricopa Graham

Navajo Gila Greenler

Apache Pinal Cochise

Manduca rustica, Tucson, Arizona, November, on desert willow, David Bygott

Manduca quiquemaculata fifth instar, dark form, Tucson, Arizona, August 17, 2006,
ravaging tomato plants, courtesy of David Bygott, id confirmed by James Tuttle.

Robert A. Behrstock sent me these spectacular images, September 29, 2007, of a larva he encountered on Salvia greggii in his garden in Cochise County, Arizona.

Jim Tuttle did the identification and offers the following comments:

"Great shots. All of the penultimate instars of both Lintneria (Sphinx) istar and Lintneria (Sphinx) separatus that I have reared in the past have been mundane green. Given that the larva is molting, I believe that the orange and black is actually the 5th instar "showing" through. It is L. separatus. I suspect that if they had seen the larva one day earlier, it would have just been greenish."

Lintneria separatus, fourth instar molting, Cochise County, Arizona,
September 29, 2007, courtesy of Robert A. Behrstock, tentative id by James A. Tuttle.

Lintneria separatus, fourth instar molting (head), Cochise County, Arizona,
September 29, 2007, courtesy of Robert A. Behrstock, tentative id by James A. Tuttle.

The resemblance of the head/thorax region, with its dark horn, to the anal region, with its dark horn, is remarkable.

Only those counties in red are active. As additional sightings arrive, the other counties will be completed. Please send sightings and images to Bill Oehlke.

Pictoral Checklists and Individual Notes for Arizona Counties (Larvae Thumbnails):

Mohave La Paz Pima

Yavapai Yuma Santa Cruz

Coconino Maricopa Graham

Navajo Gila Greenler

Apache Pinal Cochise

Manduca rustica, dark (unusual) fifth instar, Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona,
on buddleia bush, September 20, 2008, courtesy of Philip Kline.

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