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.

Sphinginae subfamily Sphingini tribe: Agrius cingulata S 1/2 Ceratomia amyntor NE 1/3 Ceratomia catalpae NE 1/5 Ceratomia hageni NE 1/5 Ceratomia undulosa S 1/3; E 1/2 Cocytius antaeus stray Cocytius duponchel stray Dolba hyloeus E 1/5 Dolbogene hartwegii unlikely Isoparce cupressi EE Lapara coniferarum stray Lapara phaeobrachycerous ESCE Manduca florestan stray Manduca jasminearum E 1/8 Manduca quinquemaculatus Twwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Manduca rustica S 1/3; E 1/4 Manduca sexta ab MW Paratrea plebeja N & E Sphinx asellus W 1/10 Sphinx chersis SW 1/8; N 1/10 Sphinx chisoya ES Sphinx dollii SW 1/4 Sphinx drupiferarum NC 1/4 Lintneria eremitoides C 1/3 Sphinx geminus unlikely stray Lintneria istar SW 1/5 Sphinx leucophaeata ES unlikely Sphinx libocedrus W 2/3 Sphinx perelegans stray Lintneria separatus SW 1/5 Sphinx vashti EN unlikely Smerinthini Tribe: Adhemarius blanchardorum Amorpha juglandis Pachysphinx modesta Pachysphinx occidentalis Paonias excaecata Paonias myops Protambulyx strigilis Smerinthus jamaicensis Smerinthus cerisyi Smerinthus saliceti

Macroglossinae subfamily Dilophonotini tribe:nn Aellopos clavipes Aellopos fadus Aellopos titan Enyo lugubris Erinnyis alope Erinnyis domingonis Erinnyis ello Erinnyis lassauxii Erinnyis obscura Erinnyis oenotrus Hemaris thysbe Hemaris diffinis Pachylia ficus Pachylioides resumens Pseudosphinx tetrio Philampelini tribe:m Eumorpha achemon Eumorpha anchemolus Eumorpha fasciatus Eumorpha labruscae Eumorpha megaeacus Eumorpha pandorus Eumorpha satellitia Eumorpha vitis Macroglossini tribe: Amphion floridensis Cautethia spuria Darapsa choerilus Darapsa myron Darapsa versicolor Deidamia inscriptum Euproserpinus wiesti Hyles lineata Proserpinus gaurae Proserpinus juanita Proserpinus vega Sphecodina abbottii Xylophanes falco Xylophanes libya Xylophanes pluto Xylophanes tersa 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.

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 Texas 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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