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 Ceratomia amyntor Ceratomia catalpae Ceratomia hageni Ceratomia undulosa Cocytius antaeus Cocytius duponchel Dolba hyloeus Dolbogene hartwegii Isoparce cupressi Lapara coniferarum Manduca florestan Manduca quinquemaculatawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Manduca rustica Manduca sexta Paratrea plebeja Sphinx chersis Sphinx chisoya Sphinx dollii Sphinx drupiferarum Sphinx eremitoides Sphinx geminus Sphinx istar Sphinx leucophaeata Sphinx libocedrus Sphinx perelegans Sphinx separatus Sphinx vashti 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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Please send sightings/images to Bill. I will do my best to respond to requests for identification help.

Enjoy one of nature's wonderments: Live Saturniidae (Giant Silkmoth) cocoons.