Sphingidae of Curacao

This very tentative checklist is a copy of the Sphingidae of Venezuela checklist, due to 1) the proximity of Curacao to northern Venezuela, and 2) the strong flying abilities of members of the Sphingidae family.

If you have corrections to offer, please contact
Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com.

All images that I use are credited to respective photographers and those images remain the property of the photographers. Data submissions are also acknowledged.

A September 14, 2012, Google search for "Moths of Curacao" produced the following result:
Coral Reef Photos by Barry B. Brown where Pseudosphinx tetrio, Enyo lugubris, Xylophanes tersa.

I am confident that Curacao is home to many Sphingidae, but there are probably many Sphingidae on the Venezuela list that are from southern Venezuela that would not be found in Curacao. Higher altitude species probably would also not be found on Caracao which has its highest elevation around 372m.

Many thanks to those who have already submitted photos and information. The CATE Sphingidae site has been extremely helpful regarding descriptions and determinations. If there are mistakes on this site, they are my own. Bill Oehlke.

Sphingini Agrius cingulatus Amphimoea walkeri Cocytius antaeus C. beelzebuth Cocytius duponchel Cocytius lucifer Euryglottis aper Euryglottis dognini Euryglottis johannes Manduca albiplaga M. corallina M. d. dalica M. d. tropicalis Manduca dilucida Manduca empusa *1 Manduca extrema M. florestan Manduca fosteri M. franciscae M. h. hannibal M. huascara M. lanuginosa M. l. lefeburi M. leucospila Manduca lichenea Manduca lucetius Manduca ochus Manduca perplexa *2 M. r. rustica Manduca schausi Manduca scutata M. s. paphus M. trimacula Manduca vestalis Morcocy. mortuorum Neococytius cluentius Sphinx m. merops *1 Manduca empusa *2 Manduca perplexa is now regarded as a synonym of Manduca lucetius Smerinthini A. gannascus gannascus A. palmeri Adhemaris sexoculatus A. tigrina tigrina A. ypsilon Protambulyx euryalus Protam. eurycles Protambulyx goeldii Protambulyx s. strigilis P. sulphurea MEC Dilophonotini Aellopos clavipes Aellopos fadus Aellopos titan titan Aleuron carinata Aleuron chloroptera Aleuron iphis Aleuron neglectum Baniwa yavitensis ?? Callionima calliomenae Call. denticulata Callionima falcifera Callionima inuus Callionima nomius Callionima pan pan Callionima parce parce Enyo gorgon Enyo lugubris lugubris BB Enyo ocypete Enyo taedium Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri Erinnyis domingonis Erinnyis ello ello Erinnyis impunctata Erinnyis lassauxi Erinnyis obscura obscura Erinnyis oenotrus Eupy. corvus Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Eupyrrhog. venustum Hemeroplanes ornatus H. triptolemus Isognathus allamandae Isognathus c. caricae Isognathus excelsior Isognathus leachi I. menechus I. mossi fabiane ? I. rimosa papayae Isogna. scyron Isogna. swainsoni Isognathus tepuyensis Kloneus babayaga Madoryx b. bubastus Madoryx oiclus oiclus M. plutonius plutonius Nyceryx coffeae Nyceryx cont. cratera Nyceryx ericea Nyceryx hyposticta Nyceryx magna Nyceryx maxwelli Nyceryx riscus Nyceryx stuarti Nyceryx tacita Oryba achemenides Oryba kadeni P. caliginosa Pachygonida subhamata Pachylia darceta Pachylia ficus Pachylia syces Pachylioides resumens Perigonia ilus Perigonia lusca Perigonia pallida Perigonia pittieri Perigonia stulta Phryxus caicus Pseudosphinx tetrio BB Stolidoptera tachasara Unzela japix Unzela pronoe Philampelini Eumorpha adamsi Eumorpha anchemolus Eumorpha capronnieri Eumorpha cissi Eumorpha fasciata Eumorpha labruscae Eum. obliquus Eumorpha phorbas E. satellita licaon Eumorpha triangulum Eumorpha vitis Macroglossini Hyles lineata X. alvarezsierrai X. a. amadis X. amadis meridanus Xylophanes anubus Xylophanes aristor X. ceratomioides X. chiron nechus Xylophanes clarki ?? Xylophanes crotonis Xylophanes elara X. fernandezi X. fusimacula X. germen yurakano X. guianensis X. hannemani X. haxairei Xylophanes libya Xylophanes loelia X. macu. maculator Xylophanes media Xylophanes neoptolemus Xylophanes pistacina Xylophanes ploetzi Xylophanes pluto X. porcus continentalis X. p. porcus Xylophanes pyrrhus Xylophanes resta Xylo. rhodochlora Xylophanes rufescens Xylophanes sarae Xylophanes schausi Xylophanes tersa tersa BB X. tersa chaconi Xylophanes thyelia Xylophanes titana Xylophanes turbata Xylophanes tyndarus

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