The Sphingidae of West Virginia

The Achemon Sphinx, Eumorpha achemon courtesy of T. W. Davies.

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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 pages. I will attempt to identify any Sphingidae larvae or adults that are unknown to you.

County by county pictoral checklists can be accessed at the bottom of the page.

Sphinginae subfamily

Sphingini tribe:

Agrius cingulata stray
Ceratomia amyntor
Ceratomia catalpae
Ceratomia undulosa
Dolba hyloeus
Lapara bombycoides
Lapara coniferarum
Manduca jasminearum
Manduca quinquemaculatawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Manduca rustica
Manduca sexta
Paratrea plebeja
Sphinx chersis
Sphinx drupiferarum
Sphinx eremitus
Sphinx franckii
Sphinx gordius
Sphinx kalmiae

Smerinthini Tribe:

Amorpha juglandis
Pachysphinx modesta
Paonias astylus
Paonias excaecata
Paonias myops
Smerinthus jamaicensis













Macroglossinae subfamily

Dilophonotini tribe:mm

Aellopos fadus stray
Erinnyis ello stray
Hemaris diffinis
Hemaris thysbe

Philampelini tribe:mm

Eumorpha achemon
Eumorpha pandorus

Macroglossini tribe:

Amphion floridensis
Darapsa choerilus
Darapsa myron
Darapsa versicolor
Deidamia inscriptum
Hyles lineata
Xylophanes tersa


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Individual notes for western counties:

Only those counties indicated in red are currently active. Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke.

Other pictoral checklists will be posted as sightings arrive.

Wayne
Boone
Summers
Clay
Kanawha
Wood
Doddridge
Tyler
Wetzel

Cabell
Raleigh
Monroe
Braxton
Putnam
Pleasants
Harrison
Marion
Marshall

Lincoln
Wyoming
Greenbrier
Webster
Mason
Wirt
Gilmer
Monongalia
Ohio

Mingo
McDowell
Fayette
Pocahontas
Jackson
Ritchie
Lewis
Taylor
Brooke

Logan
Mercer
Nicholas
Randolph
Roane
Calhoun
Upshur
Barbour
Hancock

Individual notes for eastern counties:

Only those counties indicated in red are currently active. Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke.

Other pictoral checklists will be posted as sightings arrive.

Preston
Mineral

Tucker
Hampshire

Pendleton
Morgan

Grant
Berkeley

Hardy
Jefferson

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