The Sphingidae of Nebraska

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Below the tables of scientific names, there is a listing of common names.

Sphinginae subfamily Sphingini tribe: Agrius cingulata stray Ceratomia amyntor T Ceratomia catalpae SE 1/8 Ceratomia hageni SE 1/4 Ceratomia undulosa T Manduca quinquemaculatus Twwwwwwwwwwwwwww Manduca sexta S 2/3 Paratrea plebeja SE 1/2 Sphinx chersis T Sphinx drupiferarum T Sphinx franckii XSE Sphinx luscitiosa NW 1/4 Sphinx vashti T Smerinthini Tribe: Amorpha juglandis T Pachysphinx modesta T Paonias excaecata T Paonias myops T Smerinthus jamaicensis T

Macroglossinae subfamily Dilophonotini tribe:m Aellopos titan stray Erinnyis crameri stray Erinnyis domingonis stray Erinnyis ello stray Erinnyis obscura stray Hemaris thysbe ab SW Hemaris diffinis T Pseudosphinx tetrio stray Philampelini tribe:m Eumorpha achemon T Eumorpha pandorus SE 2/5 Eumorpha vitis stray Macroglossini tribe: Amphion floridensis T Darapsa myron T Dei. inscriptum NE 2/3 Hyles gallii NW 1/4 Hyles lineata T Proserpinus juanita T Sphecodina abbottii NE 2/5 Xylophanes tersa stray Return to Index by Nation Return to U. S. A. Table Return to Main Sphingidae Index

Common Names

Agrius cingulata Ceratomia amyntor Ceratomia catalpae Ceratomia hageni Ceratomia undulosa Manduca quinquemaculataw Manduca sexta Paratrea plebeja Sphinx canadensis Sphinx chersis Sphinx drupiferarum Sphinx franckii Sphinx luscitiosa Sphinx vashti Amorpha juglandis Pachysphinx modesta Paonias excaecata Paonias myops Smerinthus jamaicensis Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis domingonis Erinnyis ello Erinnyis obscura Hemaris thysbe Hemaris diffinis Pseudosphinx tetrio Eumorpha achemon Eumorpha pandorus Amphion floridensis Darapsa choerilus Darapsa myron Darapsa versicolor Deidamia inscriptum Hyles gallii Hyles lineata Sphecodina abbottii Xylophanes tersa

Pink-spotted Hawk Moth Elm Sphinx or Four-horned Sphinx Catalpa Sphinx Hagen's sphinx Waved Sphinx Five-spotted hawkmoth Carolina Sphinx, Six-spotted hawkmoth Plebeian sphinx Candian Sphinx Northern Ash Sphinx or Great Ash Sphinx Wild Cherry Sphinx Franck's Sphinx Canadian Sphinx Snowberry Sphinx Walnut sphinx Poplar Sphinx or Modest Sphinx Blinded Sphinx Small-eyed Sphinx Twin-spotted Sphinx Cramer's Sphinx Dominican Sphinx Ello Sphinx Obscure Sphinx Hummingbird Clearwing Snowberry Clearwing or Bumblebee Moth Tetrio Sphinx Achemon Sphinx Pandorus Sphinx Nessus Sphinx Azalea Sphinx pholus Virginia Creeper or Grapevine Sphinx Hydrangea Sphinx Lettered Sphinx Gallium Sphinx White-lined Sphinx Abbott's Sphinx Tersa Sphinx

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Western Nebraska Counties

Visit individual county checklists with thumbnails (adult moths) and links to species files. Only those counties indicated in red are currently active.

Sioux Dawes Box Butte Scotts Bluff Banner Morrill Kimball Cheyenne

Sheridan Garden Deuel Cherry Grant Thomas Hooker

Arthur MacPherson Logan Keith Perkins Lincoln Chase Hayes

Dundy Hitchcock Frontier Red Willow Gosper Furnas Phelps Harlan

Keya Paha Brown Rock Loup Blaine Custer Dawson

Eastern Nebraska Counties

Visit individual county checklists with thumbnails (adult moths) and links to species files. Only those counties indicated in red are currently active.

Boyd Holt Garfield Wheeler Sherman Howard Buffalo Hall Kearney Adams Franklin Webster

Knox Cedar Dixon Dakota Antelope Pierce Wayne Thurston Boone Madison

Stanton Cuming Burt Nance Merrick Platte Colfax Dodge Washington Douglas

Hamilton Polk York Butler Seward Saunders Lancaster Sarpy Cass Otoe

Clay Nuckolls Fillmore Thayer Saline Jefferson Gage Johnson Nemaha Pawnee Richardson

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Hyles lineata, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska,
October 2, 2011, courtesy of Amy Dohmen.

Eastern Nebraska Counties

Visit individual county checklists with thumbnails (larvae) and links to species files. Only those counties indicated in red are currently active.

Boyd Holt Garfield Wheeler Sherman Howard Buffalo Hall Kearney Adams Franklin Webster

Knox Cedar Dixon Dakota Antelope Pierce Wayne Thurston Boone Madison

Stanton Cuming Burt Nance Merrick Platte Colfax Dodge Washington Douglas

Hamilton Polk York Butler Seward Saunders Lancaster Sarpy Cass Otoe

Clay Nuckolls Fillmore Thayer Saline Jefferson Gage Johnson Nemaha Pawnee Richardson

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Mature Eumorpha achemon larva, September 12, 2006, Lincoln, Nebraska, via image by Sarah Landis.

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