SPHINGIDAE OF CANADA

The following Sphingidae fly in Canada; I believe this to be a complete listing. Some species probably occur only as strays. You can see images of adults, and, in most cases, larvae by clicking on the hypertext links below.

You can access province by province indices in the table below.

Canada Alberta British Columbiammm Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland North West Territoriesmmm Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon

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AELLOPOS TITAN Cramer, 1777 TITAN SPHINX; WHITE BANDED DAY SPHINX stray

AGRIUS CINGULATUS Fabricius, 1775 PINK-SPOTTED HAWKMOTH stray

AMPHION FLORIDENSIS (B.P.Clark, 1920) NESSUS SPHINX

CERATOMIA AMYNTOR (Geyer, 1835) ELM SPHINX

CERATOMIA CATALPAE (Boisduval, 1875) CATALPA SPHINX

CERATOMIA UNDULOSA (Walker, 1856) WAVED SPHINX

DARAPSA MYRON (Cramer, 1780) HOG SPHINX

DARAPSA PHOLUS (Cramer, 1776) AZALEA SPHINX

DARAPSA VERSICOLOR (Harris, 1839) HYDRANGEA SPHINX

DEIDAMIA INSCRIPTA (Harris, 1839) LETTERED SPHINX

DOLBA HYLOEUS (Drury, 1773) BLACK ALDER OR PAWPAW SPHINX

EUMORPHA ACHEMON (Drury, 1773) ACHEMON SPHINX

EUMORPHA PANDORUS (Hubner, 1821) PANDORUS SPHINX

HEMARIS DIFFINIS (Boisduval, 1836) SNOWBERRY CLEARWING

HEMARIS GRACILIS (Grote and Robinson, 1865) GRACEFUL CLEARWING

HEMARIS THYSBE (Fabricius, 1775) HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING

HYLES GALLII (Rottemburg, 1775) GALIUM SPHINX

HYLES LINEATA (Fabricius, 1775) WHITE-LINED SPHINX

LAOTHOE JUGLANDIS (J.E.Smith, 1797) WALNUT SPHINX Amorpha juglandis

LAPARA BOMBYCOIDES Walker, 1856 NORTHERN PINE SPHINX

MANDUCA JASMINEARUM (Guérin, [1832]) ASH Sphinx/JASMINE SPHINX

MANDUCA QUINQUEMACULATA (Haworth, 1803) FIVE SPOTTED HAWKMOTH

MANDUCA RUSTICA Gehlen, 1930 RUSTIC SPHINX

MANDUCA SEXTA (Linnaeus, 1763) CAROLINA SPHINX

PACHYSPHINX MODESTA (Harris, 1839) BIG POPLAR SPHINX

PAONIAS EXCAECATUS (J.E.Smith, 1797) BLINDED SPHINX

PAONIAS MYOPS (J.E.Smith, 1797) SMALL-EYED SPHINX

PROSERPINUS FLAVOFASCIATA (Walker, 1856) YELLOW-BANDED DAY SPHINX

PROTAMBULYX STRIGILIS Linnaeus, 1771 STREAKED SPHINX as a rare stray only

SMERINTHUS CERISYI W. F. Kirby, 1837 ONE-EYED SPHINX

SMERINTHUS JAMAICENSIS (Drury, 1773) TWIN SPOTTED SPHINX

SPHECODINA ABBOTTII (Swainson, 1821) ABBOTT'S SPHINX

SPHINX CANADENSIS (Boisduval, 1875) CANADIAN SPHINX

SPHINX CHERSIS (Hubner, 1823) GREAT ASH SPHINX

SPHINX DRUPIFERARUM J.E. Smith, 1797 WILD CHERRY SPHINX

SPHINX EREMITUS (Hubner, 1823) HERMIT SPHINX

SPHINX KALMIAE J.E. Smith, 1797 LAUREL SPHINX

SPHINX LUSCITIOSA Clemens, 1859 CLEMEN'S SPHINX

SPHINX POECILA Stephens, 1828 POECILA SPHINX

SPHINX VASHTI Strecker, [1878] VASHTI SPHINX

XYLOPHANES TERSA Linnaeus, 1771 TERSA SPHINX stray

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