Sphingidae of Costa Rica

Amphimoea walkeri courtesy of Paolo Mazzei.

Although I believe these "tribal" checklists contain only species within Costa Rica, there may be omissions. Special thanks goes to Dan Janzen who has given me permission to resize and use his many images. This checklist also comes from his work.

Thanks also to Tony James who has sent images and data from his travels in Costa Rica.

Tony writes, "We were in Costa Rica between 12th and 26th September 2008, and spent most of our time at a tourist hotel (Grande Papagayo) near Panamá on the north-west coast of the Tamarindo Peninsula. On the 22nd September we took a Jeep to Arenal for 2 nights, staying at the Arenal Lodge Hotel.

At the Grande Papagayo Hotel, our room was under trees (see GP Environment pic), and we ran a small net and UV trap on our veranda there for 9 nights (see GP Trap) bringing in over 90 species of moths, of which 3 species were members of the Sphingidae. These were:"

Nyceryx riscus, Grande Papagayo, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica,
September 17-20, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James.

Xylophanes porcus, Grande Papagayo, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica,
September 15-17, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James, id confirmed by Bill Oehlke.

Manduca barnesi, Grande Papagayo, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica,
September 13, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James, id confirmed by Bill Oehlke.

Many thanks also to Jim Sogaard for his discovery of Orecta venedictoffae in Costa Rica.

Cameron Prybol sends this beautiful image of Nyceryx tacita from San Luis, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

In 2017 Gernot Kunz provides many beautiful images of live moths and their larvae. His photos have inspired the tribal, pictoral checklists, linked at the bottom of this page. I hope to have them completed by the end of March 2017.

Nyceryx tacita, San Luis, Puntarenas, Costa Rica,
June 26, 2012, courtesy of Cameron Prybol, id by Bill Oehlke.

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Sphingini

Agrius cingulata
Amphimoea walkeri
Cocytius antaeus
Cocytius beelzebuth
Cocytius duponchel
Cocytius lucifer
Dolbogene igualana
Lintneria biolleyi ?
extinct in Costa Rica ?

Lintneria merops
Manduca albiplaga
Man. barnesi TJ
Manduca corallina
Manduca dalica
Manduca dilucida
Manduca florestan
Manduca hannibal
Man. lanuginosa
Manduca lefeburii
Manduca muscosa
Manduca occulta
Manduca ochus
Manduca opima
Manduca pellenia
Manduca rustica
Manduca schausi
Manduca sexta
Neoco. cluentius







































Smerinthini

Adhemarius daphne
A. dap. interrupta
Adhem. dariensis
Adhem. fulvescens
Adhem. gannascus
Adhem. palmeri
Adhemarius ypsilon
O. venedictoffae JS
Protam. eurycles
Protambulyx goeldii
Protam. strigilis

























































Dilophonotini

Aellopos ceculus
Aellopos clavipes
Aellopos fadus
A. ta. tantalus ??
Aellopos titan
Aleuron carinata
Al. chloroptera
Aleuron iphis
Aleuron neglectum
Callio. denticulata
Callionima falcifera
Callionima inuus
Callionima nomius
Callionima pan
Callionima parce
Enyo cavifer
Enyo gorgon
Enyo lugubris
Enyo ocypete
Enyo taedium
Erinnyis alope
Erinnyis crameri
Erinn. domingonis
Erinnyis ello
Erinnyis lassauxii
Erinnyis obscura
Erinnyis oenotrus
Erinnyis yucatana
Eupyrr. corvus ??
Eupyrr. sagra
Hemero. ornatus
Hem. triptolemus
Isognathus caricae
Isognathus rimosa
Isognathus scyron
Kloneus babayaga
Madoryx bubastus
Madoryx oiclus
Madoryx plutonius
Nyceryx coffaeae
Nyceryx ericea
Nyceryx eximia
Nyc. lunaris ??
Nyceryx magna
Nyceryx riscus TJ
Nyceryx stuarti
Nyceryx tacita
Oryba achemenides
Oryba kadeni
Pachyg. caliginosa
not confirmed in CR

Pachyg. drucei
Pachyg. hopfferi
Pachygonidia ribbei
Pachyg. subhamata
Pachylia darceta
Pachylia ficus
Pachylia syces
Pach. resumens TJ
Perigonia ilus
Perigonia lusca
Perigona pallida ?
Perigonia stulta
Phryxus caicus
Pseudosphinx tetrio
Stolid. tachasara
Unzela japix
Unzela pronoe

Philampelini

Eum. anchemolus
Eum. boivini
Eum. capronnieri
Eumorpha fasciatus
Eum. labruscae
Eum. megaeacus
Eumorpha obliquus
Eumorpha phorbas
Eumorpha satellitia
E. triangulum TJ
Eumorpha vitis

























































Macroglossini

Cautethia spuria
Cautethia yucatana
Hyles lineata
Xylophanes acrus
Xylophanes adalia
Xylophanes anubus
Xylophanes belti
X. ceratomioides
Xylophanes chiron
Xyl. crotonis
Xylophanes cyrene
Xylophanes germen
Xyl. godmani
Xyl. guianensis
Xyl. hannemanni
Xylophanes jordani
Xylophanes juanita
Xyl. letiranti
Xylophanes libya
Xylophanes loelia
Xyl. maculator
Xyl. neoptolemus
Xyl. pistacina
Xylophanes pluto
Xyloph. porcus TJ
Xylophanes rhodina
Xyloph. staudingeri
Xylophanes tersa
Xylophanes thyelia
Xylophanes titana
Xylophanes turbata
Xyl. tyndarus
Xylophanes undata
Xyl. zurcheri


































Madoryx plutonius, Costa Rica, courtesy of Amy Lowell.

Eumorpha triangulum, Arenal Lodge Hotel, Alejuela, Costa Rica,
September 22, 2008, courtesy of Pat and Tony James, id confirmed by Bill Oehlke.

I have identified the Eumorpha specimen, directly above, as E. triangulum based on the dark trapezoidal patch emanating from the costa just prior to the apex. In E. triangulum this patch continues into the next intraneural segment while in the very similar E. anchemolus the same area remains a trapezoid without the "tailed" extension into the next section. E. triangulum is noted by Dan Janzen as a rain forest/cloud forest species, and the higher altitude that would be experienced at the Arenal Lodge is probably more to the liking of E. triangulum as compared to E. anchemolus.

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