The Sphingidae of Texas

Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke. Images are also greatly appreciated and will be used and credited (with permission) on county/region pages, accessed from bottom of this page. I will attempt to identify any Sphingidae larvae or adults that are unknown to you.

Possibly Sphinx vanbuskirki, Haxaire, 2020, replaces S. dollii in Texas,
at least in central eastern Texas.

Macroglossinae subfamily Dilophonotini tribe:nn Aellopos clavipes XS Aellopos fadus XS Aellopos titan XS Cautethia spuria XS Enyo lugubris SE 1/10 Erinnyis alope stray Erinnyis domingonis stray Erinnyis ello S 1/10 Erinnyis lassauxii SE Erinnyis obscura S 1/4 Erinnyis oenotrus stray Hemaris thysbe E 1/3 Hemaris diffinis ab S 1/3 Pachylia ficus XSE Pachylioides resumens stray Pseudosphinx tetrio stray Philampelini tribe:m Eumorpha achemon N 4/5 Eumorpha anchemolus stray Eumorpha fasciatus SE 1/10 Eumorpha intermedia SE 1/10 Eumorpha labruscae stray Eumorpha megaeacus stray Eumorpha pandorus E 1/5 Eumorpha satellitia XS Eumorpha vitis S 1/2 Macroglossini tribe: Amphion floridensis SE 3/4 Darapsa choerilus E 1/3 Darapsa myron N 7/8 Darapsa versicolor XE Deidamia inscriptum E 1/5 Euproserpinus wiesti NW 1/10 Hyles lineata T Proserpinus gaurae E 1/2 Proserpinus juanita N 4/5 Proserpinus vega SW 1/7 Sphecodina abbottii E 1/5 Xylophanes falco SW 1/8 Xylophanes libya very rare stray Xylophanes pluto XS Xylophanes tersa E 1/3 Return to Index by Nation Return to U. S. A. Table Return to Main Sphingidae Index

Xylophanes tersa, Houston, Texas, September 15, 2005, courtesy of Greg Andrews.

Texas is a large state with many counties. I have divided it into ten regions. Clicking on a region will take you to pictoral checklists for the counties within the regions. Access to larval thumbnails is at the bottom of this page.

Regions will be completed as sightings arrive. Currently only those in red are active. County borders should help delineate regions.

Western Texas NE Texas

Northern Texas Central Texas

NW Central Tex. SE Texas

NC Texas Southern Texas

WC Texas Extreme S.Texas

Eumorpha vitis, Austin, Texas, September 19, 2005, courtesy of Melody Lytle.

Larval Thumbnails

Western Texas Northeastern Texas

Northern Texas Central Texas

NW Central Texas SE Texas

NC Texas Southern Texas

WC Texas Extreme S.Texas

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