The Sphingidae of Utah

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I was surprised to receive the following image of Manduca rustica from Ivins, Washington County, Utah. I think this is the first report of this species in Utah.

Manduca rustica, Ivins, Washington County, Utah,
June 3, 2019, courtesy of Brenda Wagner, id by Bill Oehlke.

Sphinginae subfamily Sphingini tribe: Agrius cingulata stray Ceratomia undulosa XNE Manduca quinquemaculatus abXNCwwnwwwww Manduca rustica XS Manduca sexta XSW Sagenosoma elsa SE 1/4 Sphinx asellus ab XN Sphinx chersis ab XN Sphinx dollii T Sphinx drupiferarum T Sphinx gordius NE 1/2; replaced by oslari Sphinx libocedrus SE 1/8 Sphinx luscitiosa NE 1/2 Sphinx oslari NE 1/2, replaces gordius Sphinx vashti T Smerinthini Tribe: Pachysphinx modesta ab SW 1/4 Pachysphinx occidentalis T Paonias excaecata SE 1/4 Paonias myops T Smerinthus cerisyi T Smerinthus ophthalmica N

Macroglossinae subfamily Dilophonotini tribe:nn Erinnyis ello stray Hemaris thetis T Philampelini tribe:m Eumorpha achemon ab NW&W Macroglossini tribe: Euproserpinus wiesti S 2/3 Hyles gallii NE 1/8 Hyles lineata T Proserpinus clarkiae NW Return to Index by Nation Return to U. S. A. Table Return to Main Sphingidae Index

Please send Utah Sphingidae sightings to Bill Oehlke.
Please include location (town and county) and date with your sightings.

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Individual notes and adult moth thumbnails for northern counties:

Box Elder NW Tooele NW Summit NE

Cache Davis NW Daggett NE

Rich NW Salt Lake NW Wasatch NE

Weber NW Juab NW Duschesne NE

Morgan NW Utah NW >Uintah NE

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Individual notes and adult moth thumbnails for southern counties:

Millard WC Carbon EC Iron S

Sanpete WC Emery EC Garfield S

Servier WC Grand EC San Juan S

Beaver WC Wayne EC Washington S

Piute WC Kane S

Ceratomia undulosa, Moab, Grand County, Utah, November 12, 2007,
crawling on the sand in a dry wash, courtesy of Arthur Morris, id by James Tuttle.

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Individual notes and larva thumbnails for northern counties:

Box Elder NW Tooele NW Summit NE

Cache NW Davis NW Daggett NE

Rich NW Salt Lake NW Wasatch NE

Weber NW Juab NW Duchesne NE

Morgan NW Utah NW Uintah NE

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Individual notes and larva thumbnails for southern counties:

Millard WC Carbon EC Iron S

Sanpete WC Emery EC Garfield S

Servier WC Grand EC San Juan S

Beaver WC Wayne EC Washington S

Piute WC Kane S

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