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Sphingidae: Macroglossinae

Amphion floridensis Clarke, 1920

Darapsa myron (Cramer, 1780)
Darapsa pholus Cramer, 1776)
Darapsa versicolor (Harris, 1839)

Deidemia inscripta (Harris, 1839)

Enyo lugubris Linnaeus, 1771 Florida (also Mexico, Trinidad, Peru)

Erinnyis alope Drury, 1773

Eumorpha achemon (Drury, 1773)
Eumorpha fasciata (Sulz, 1776)

Hemaris diffinis Boisduval, 1836
Hemaris gracilis Grote and Robinson, 1865
Hemaris thysbe Fabricius 1775

Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775)

Sphecodia abboti Swainson, 1821

Xylophanes tersa Drury, 1770 (also Argentina)


Sphingidae: Sphinginae

Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)

Ceratomia amyntor (Geyer, 1835)
Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval, 1875
Ceratomia undulosa (Walker, 1856)

Doloba hyoelus Drury, 1773 (Florida)

Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erinnyis obscura (Fabricius, 1775)

Eumorpha pandorus (Hübner, 1821)

Laothoe juglandis (J. E. Smith, 1797)

Lapara bombycoides Waalker, 1856
Lapara coniferarum (J. E. Smith, 1797)

Manduca jasminearum (Guérin, 1829-1831)

Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth, 1903)
Manduca sexta Linnaeus, 1763

Pachysphinx modesta (Harris, 1839)

Paeonias excaecatus (J. E. Smith, 1797)
Paeonias myops (J. E. Smith, 1797)

Paratrea plebeja Fabricius, 1777

Proserpinus clarkiae Boisduval, 1852

Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, 1837

Sphinx chersis (HŸbne, 1823)
Sphinx drupiferarum J. E. Smith, 1797
Sphinx eremitoides Strecker, 1874
Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1780
Sphinx kalmiae J. E. Smith, 1797
Sphinx luscitiosa Clemens, 1859
Sphinx perelegan Butler, 1877
Sphinx vashti Strecker, 1878




Sphingidae (non-US and Hawaii)

Locality labels may be more detailed than provided here. In some cases the year of collection has been included.

Acherontia atroposw Linnaeus, 1758 (four specimens) France, Germany
Acherontia lachesis Fabricius, 1798 (one specimen) China
Acherontia styx Westw. 1848 (one specimen) China

Acosmeryx anceus Stoll, 1781 (one specimen) Australia
Acosmeryx castanea Rtsch & Jord, 1903 (one specimen) Japan
Acosmeryx naga Moore, 1857 (nine specimens) India
Acosmeryx sericeus Walker, 1865 (two specimens) India

Adhemarius danysa Druce, 1889 (two specimens) Costa Rica, Mexico
Adhemarius eurysthenes Fldr., 1874 (two specimens) Brasil
Adhemarius gannascus Stoll, 1790 (seven specimens) British Guiana
Adhemarius palmeri Boisduval, 1875 (two specimens) British Guiana
Adhemarius ypsilon Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 (one specimen) British Guiana

Aellopos ceculus Cr., 1777 (one specimen) Peru
Aellopos fadus Cr., 1775 (one specimen) Peru
Aellopos tantalus Linnaeus, 1758 (one specimen) Panama
Aellopos titan Cr., 1777 (four specimens) Panama, Paraguay

Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 (seven specimens) Germany

Aleuron carinata Walker, 1856 (two specimens) Panama
Aleuron chloroptera Boisduval, 1847 (four specimens) Brasil
Aleuron iphus Walker, 1856 (three specimens) Peru
Aleuron neglectum Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 (one specimen) Peru

Ampelophaga rubiginosa Brem and Grey, 1852 (nine specimens) China

Amplypterus panopus Cr., 1779 (one specimens) Celebes

Basiothia charis Boisduval, 1847 (two specimens) South Africa
Basiothia medea Fabricius, 1781 (five specimens) no record
Basiothia schenki Möschler, 1872 (three specimens) South Africa

Callambulyx tatarinovi Bremer & Grey, 1852 (one specimen) Japan (1912)

Callionima acuta Rtsch & Jord, 1910 (one specimens) Bolivia
Callionima denticulata Schaus, 1895 (one specimen) Bolivia
Callionima grisescens Rtsch, 1894 (four specimens) no record
Callionima inuus Rtsch & Jord, 1903 (three specimens) (three specimens)
Callionima nomius Walker, 1856 (one specimen) no record
Callionima parce Fabricius 1775 (three specimens) no record

Cauchenena lineosa Walker, 1856 (one specimen) Mussoorie

Cechenena lineosa Walker, 1856 (four specimens) India
Cechenena pollux Boisduval, 1892 (one specimen) Sumatra

Cephanodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771 (two specimens) Madagascar

Clanis bilineata Walker, 1866 (five specimens) China (1925)
Clanis undulosa Moore, 1879 (one specimen) China (1931)

Clarina kotschyi syriaca Lederer (two specimens) Syria? Lebanon

Cocytius antaeus Drury, 1773 (three specimens) Mexico
Cocytius cluentius Cr., 1775 (three specimens) Ecuador, Brasil
Cocytius duponchel Poey, 1823 (two specimens) British Guiana, Vera Cruz
Cocytius lucifer Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 (three specimens) Ecuador, Panama

Coelonia fulvinotata Butler, 1875 (three specimens) South Africa

Coequosa triangularis Donovan, 1805 (one specimen) Australia

Cypa decolor decolor Walker, 1856 (five specimens) India (1929), China

Daphinis
hypothous Cr., 1780 (two specimens) New Guinea, Sumatra
Daphinis nerii Linnaeus, 1758 (four specimens) Italy
Daphinis placida Walker, 1856 (three specimens) New Guinea

Degmaptera mirabilis Hmps., 1896 (six specimens) India (1927)

Deilephilaelpenor Linneaus, 1758 (five specimens) Germany
Deilephila porcellus Linneaus, 1758 (five specimens) Germany, Greece

Dolbina elegans Bang-Haas, 1912 (one specimen) Turkey (labelled as cotype, but not correct)

Dolbina exacta Stgr., 1892 (two specimens) Russia, India
Dolbina inexacta Walker, 1856 (five specimens) India

Elibia dolichusWestw., 1847 (two specimens) Java

Enyo
cavifer Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 (one specimen) Panama
Enyo gorgon Cr., 1777 (four specimens) Peru
Enyo ocypete Linnaeus, 1758 (two specimens) Venezuela

Erinnyis cratieri Schaus, 1898 (three specimens) Argentina
Erinnyis domingonis Butler, 1875 (four specimens) Argentina
Erinnyis lassauxi Boisduval, 1859 (one specimen) Mexico
Erinnyis oenotrus Cr., 1780 (two specimens) Argentina
Erinnyis yucatana Druce, 1888 (three specimens) Mexico

Euchloron megaera Linnaeus, 1758 (three specimens) South Africa
Eumorpha anchemolus Cramer, 1779 Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela
Eumorpha capronnieri Boisduval, 1875 (two specimens) British Guiana
Eumorpha labruscae (Linnaeus, 1758) (one specimen) Argentina
Eumorpha phorbas Cr., 1775 (two specimens) Columbia
Eumorpha satellita (Linnaeus, 1771) (six specimens) Argentina
Eumorpha translineatus Rothschild, 1894 (three specimens) Brasil?
Eumorpha triangulum Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 (one specimen) Bolivia (coll. Fassl)
Eumorpha typhon Klug, 1836) (one specimen) Mexico

Eupyroglossum sagra Poey, 1832 (two specimens) Peru, Brasil

Euryglottis albostigmata Rothschild, 1894 (two specimens) Ecuador, Peru
Euryglottis aper Walker, 1856 (four specimens) Ecuador, Columbia
Euryglottis dognini Rothschild, 1896 (one specimen) No locality

Eurypteryx bhaga Moore, 1865 (two specimens) India

Gnathothlibus erotus Cr., 1777 (three specimens) Samoa, Australia
Gnathothlibus meeki Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 (two specimens) New Guinea (Dutch)

Gurelca himachala himachala Ky, 1892 (one specimen) India
Gurelca himachala sangaica Butler (two specimens) China
Gurelca hyas Walker, 1856 (four specimens) India (1927)

Hemaris croatica Esper, 1779 (one specimen) Eastern Europe
Hemaris fuciformis Fabricius, 1758 (four specimens) Germany, Austria, Italy
Hemaris fuciformis affinis Bremer (one specimen) Japan
Hemaris tityus Linnaeus, 1758 (two specimens) Italy
Hemaris undata Walker, 1856 (two specimens) no locality

Hemeroplanus ornatus Rothschild, 1894 (six specimens) Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador

Hippotion
boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775 (three specimens) Trobriand Islands
Hippotion brennus Stoll, 1782 (one specimen) No locality
Hippotion celerio Linnaeus, 1758 (four specimens) New Guinea
Hippotion echeclus Boisduval, 1875 (one specimen) Philippines
Hippotion dexippus Fawcett, 1915 (two specimens) South West Africa
Hippotion esson Cr., 1779 (six specimens) Kenya
Hippotion johanna Kirby (one specimen) Australia
Hippotion osiris Dalm., 1823 (five specimens) Kenya
Hippotion scrofa Boisduval, 1832 (four specimens) Australia
Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 (two specimens) Australia

Hyles calida Butler, 1881 (four specimens) Hawaii
Hyles deserticola Bartel, 1899 (four specimens) Biskra
Hyles euphorbiaeeuphorbiae Linnaeus, 1758 (16 specimens) Germany
Hyles euphorbiae dahlii Geyer, 1827 (two specimens) Sardinia
Hyles euphorbiae mauretanica Stgr. (one specimen) Algeria
Hyles euphorbiae nervosa Rothschild and Jordan India
Hyles euphorbiae robertsi Butler (one specimen) Caspian?
Hyles euphorbiae tithmali Boisduval, 1834 (one specimen) Teneriffa?
Hyles gallii galli Rott, 1775 (five specimens) Germany
Hyles hippophanes Esper, 1789 (one specimen) No label(?)
Hyles nicaea nicaea Prun, 1798 (three specimens) Germany
Hyle vespertilio Esper, 1779 (four specimens) Sicily, Germany?

Isognathus cf. allamandae Clarke, 1920 (one specimen) Argentina
Isognathus cf. excelsior Boisduval, 1875 (one specimen) Mexico
Isognathus rimosa Grote, 1885 (three specimens) Mexico, Cuba
Isognathus tepuyensis Lichy, 1962 (one specimen) British Guiana
Isognathus near scyron Cr., 1780 (one specimen) Cuba

Kentrochrysalis streckeri Studinger, 1880 (four specimens) Russia, Siberia

Leucophlebia emittens Walker, 1866 (five specimens) China

Langia zenzeroides Moore, 1872 (three specimens) India

Laothoe populi Linnaeus, 1758 (four specimens) Germany

Leucostrophus alterhirundo d’Abrea, 1986 (four specimens) Africa

Lophotethus dumolinii Angas, 1849 (one specimen) South Africa

Maassenia heydeni Saalm., 1878 (one specimen) Madagascar

Macroglossum passer Drury, 1773 (one specimen) China
Macroglossum belis Linnaeus, 1758 (three specimens) India
Macroglossum micacea Walker, 1856 (two specimens) Australia
Macroglossum pachycerus Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 (two specimens) South Africa (1924)
Macroglossum prometheus lineata Lucas (one specimen) Australia
Macroglossum pyrrhosticta Butler, 1875 (two specimens) India (1927)
Macroglossum stellatorum (seven specimens) Germany
Macroglossum tenebrosa Lucas, 1891 (two specimens) Australia
Macroglossum troglodytus Boisduval, 1875 (eight specimens) India, China
Macroglossum sp. (four specimens) No locality

Macropoliana ferax Rothschild, 1916 (three specimens) East? Africa

Manduca albiplaga Walker, 1856 (two specimens) Panama
Manduca andicola Rothschild and Jordan, 1916 (two specimens) Ecuador, Bolivia (coll. Fassl)
Manduca armatipes Rothschild and Jordan, 1916 (two specimens) Argentina
Manduca bergi Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 (seven specimens) Brasil
Manduca corallina Druce, 1888 (one specimen) Bolivia
Manduca dalica anthina Rothschild and Jordan (one specimen) Brasil (coll. Fruhstorter)
Manduca diffisa tropicalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (four specimens) Mexico, British Guina
Manduca florestan Cr., 1782 (two specimens) British Guiana
Manduca hannibal Cr., 1779 (three specimens) Panama, Mexico
Manduca incisa Walker, 1856 (one specimen) no locality
Manduca lanuginosa Edwards, 1884 (one specimen) Panama
Manduca lefebvrei Guer., 1844 (four specimens) Brasil
Manduca leucospila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (one specimen) Ziriau (South America)
Manduca lichenea Burm., 1856 (two specimens) Bolivia (Coll. Fassl)
Manduca lucetius Stoll, 1780 (three specimens) Brasil?
Manduca lucetius argentina Clark (two specimens) Argentina
Manduca ochus Klug, 1836 (two specimens) Columbia
Manduca pellenia Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 (one specimen) Ecuador
Manduca perplexa Rothschild & Jordan, 1910 (one specimen) Brasil
Manduca rustica Fabricius, 1775 (four specimens) Pannama, Paraguay
Manduca sexta jamaicensis Butler (two specimens) Jamaica
Manduca sexta paphus Cr (21 specimens) Argentina, Paraguay
Manduca trimacula Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (three specimens) Ecuador
Manduca tucumana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (six specimens) no location
Manduca undata cinerea Rothschild & Jordan (one specimen) Argentina

Marumba gaschkewitschi Bremer & Grey, 1852 (three specimens) China
Marumba maacki Brem., 1861 (one specimen) China
Marumba quercus Dennis & Schiff., 1775 (three specimens) Austria
Marumba sperchius Men., 1857 (three specimens) India

Metamimas australasiae Donovan, 1805 (two specimens) Australia

Mimas tiliae Linnaeus, 1758 (nine specimens) Germany

Neogene reevei Druce, 1881 (two specimens) Argentina

Neopolyptychus cosimilis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903? Kenya (1932?)

Nephele accentifera Beauvois, 1805 (10 specimens) Kenya
Nephele argentifera Walker, 1856 (one specimen) South Africa
Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857 (one specimen) South Africa
Nephele subvaria Walker, 1856 (two specimens) Australia
Nephele vau Walker, 1856 (four specimens) Kenya

Nyceryx coffeae Walker, 1856 (one specimen) Peru
Nyceryx hyposticta Felder, 1874 (one specimen) Ecuador
Nyceryx maxwelli Rothschild, 1896 (two specimens) Bolivia
Nyceryx stuarti Rothschild, 1894 (three specimens) Peru, Bolivia (coll. Fassl)

Oligographa juniperi Boisduval, 1847 (three specimens) South Africa

Oryba achemenides Cramer, 1779 (two specimens) Guyana
Oryba kadeni Schaufuss, 1870 (one specimen) Guyana

Oxyambulyx ochracea Butler, 1885 (ones specimen) Japan (1912)
Oxyambulyx subocellata Felder, 1874 (onespecimen) Indonesia, Java
Oxyambulyx schaufffelbergeri Bremer & Grey, 1852 (four specimens) China
Oxyambulyx sericeipennis agana Jordan (six specimens) China (1927)
Oxyambulyx staudingeri Rothschild, 1894 (one specimen) Philipines
Oxyambulyx substrigilis eteocles Huwe (one specimen) Indonesia, Celebes

Pachygonidia drucei Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (one specimen) Mexico
Pachygonidia hopfferi Staudinger, 1875 (two specimens) Ecuador
Pachygonidia ribbei Druce, 1881 (one specimen) Guatemala
Pachygonidia subhamata Walker, 1856 (two specimens) Panama

Pachylia darceta Druce, 1881 (four specimens) Columbia
Pachylia ficus Linnaeus, 1758 (seven specimens) Mexico, Paraguay, Venezuela
Pachylia syces Hübner, 1822 (five specimens) Columbia, Panama, Peru

Pachylioides resumens Walker, 1865 (Ten specimens) CostaParaguay

Panacra automedon Walker, 1856 (one specimen) no locality
Panacra busiris Walker, 1856 (one specimen) locality?
Panacra moseri Gehlen, 1930 (one specimen) India
Panacra mydon elegantulus Herrich Schäffer (one specimen) Philippines
Panacra mydon mydon Walker, 1856 (four specimens) India
Panacra splendens Rothschild, 1894 (one specimen) no locality

Parum colligata Walker, 1856 (two specimens) China

Perigonia pallida Rothschild & jordan, 1903 (one specimen) Brasil
Perigonia lusca Fabricius, 1777 (11 specimens) Peru, Venezuela

Phyllosphinga dissimilis Bremer, 1861 (two specimens) Russia

Phryxus caicus Cramer, 1777 (one specimen) Paraguay

Polyptychoides grayi Walker, 1856 (two specimens) South Africa

Proserpinus proserpina Pallas, 1772 (four specimens) Germany?

Protambulyx astygonus Boisduval, 1875 (two specimens) Peru
Protambulyx carteri Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (one specimen) Peru?
Protambulyx euryalus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (one specimen) Bolivia (coll. Fassl)
Protambulyx eurycles Herrich Schäffer, 1854 (three specimens) Panama, Bolivia (coll. Fassl), Ecuador
Protambulyx strigilis Linnaeus, 1771 (three specimens) Brtish Guiana (1912)

Pseudandriasa mutata Walker, 1855 (two specimens) South Africa

Pseudoclanis postica Walker, 1856 (two specimens) no locality

Pseduodolbina fo Walker, 1856 (seven specimens) India

Pseudosphinx tetrio Linnaeus, 1775 (one specimen) Brasil

Psilogramma increta Walker, 1864 (three specimens) China
Psilogramma menephron Cramer, 1780 (seven specimens) Java, China

Rhagastis albomarginatus Rothschild, 1894 (four specimens) India
Rhagastis aurifera Butler, 1875 (four specimens) India
Rhagastis confusa chinensis Clark (three specimens) China
Rhagastis olivacea Moore, 1859 (three specimens) India
Rhagastis velata Walker, 1866 (seven specimens) India

Rhodoprasina calantha Jordan, 1929 (one specimen) India

Rhyncholoba actaeus Cramer, 1779 (one specimen) India

Rhopalopsyche bifasciata Butler, 1875 (one specimen) Ceylon
Rhopalopsyche nycteris Kollar, 1844 (one specimen) India

Rufoclanis numosae hesperus Rothschild & Jordan (two specimens) South West Africa

Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, 1837 (one specimen) Argentina
Smerinthus kindermanni Led., 1852 (one specimen) Turkey?
Smerinthus ocellata Linnaeus, 1758 (two specimens) Germany
Smerinthus ocellata x Laothoe populi (two specimens) Germany
Smerinthus plannus Walker, 1856 (one specimen) Japan

Sphecodia caudata Bremer and Grey, 1852 (one specimen) China

Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades Hübner, 1822 (one specimen) Eurasia
Sphingonaepiopsis pumilo Boisduval, 1875 (three specimens) India

Sphingulus mus Staudinger, 1887 (two specimens) Russia

Sphinx justiciae Walker, 1856 (one specimen) Brasil
Sphinx lanceolata Boisduval, 1870 Mexico
Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1758 (eight specimens) Germany
Sphinx maura Burmeister, 1879 (six specimens) Argentina, Bolivia
Sphinx merops Boisduval, 1870 (four specimens) Honduras, Panama
Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758 (11 specimens) Germany, Japan)
Sphinx praelongus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (one specimen) Guatemala
Sphinx separatus Neumoegen, 1885 (one specimen) Mexico

Stolidoptera tachasara Druce, 1888 (two specimens) Costa Rica, Panama

Temnora fumosa Walker, 1856 (three specimens) Singapore (1924)
Temora murina Walker, 1856 (three specimens) South Africa
Temora pseudopylas Rothschild, 1894 (one specimen) East Africa
Temora pylades Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (one specimen) East Africa

Thereta alecto Linnaeus, 1758 (eight specimens) Lebanon, Sumatra, India
Thereta boisduvali Bugnion, 1839 (one specimen) Ceylon
Thereta capensis Linnaeus, 1764 (three specimens) South Africa
Thereta clotho Drury, 1773 (four specimens) India
Thereta japonica Orza, 1869 (10 specimens) China, Japan
Thereta latreillei Macleay, 1827 (three specimens) India
Thereta nessus Drury, 1773 (three specimens) India, Andaman Islands
Thereta oldenlandiae Fabricius, 1775 (four specimens) Japan, Australia
Thereta rhesus Biosduval, 1875 (one specimen) India
Thereta silhetensis Walker, 1856 (11 specimens) Australia, New Guinea
Thereta suffusa Walker, 1856 (one specimen) no locality
Thereta turneri Luc., 1891 (one specimen) Australia

Trogolegum pseudambulyx Boisduval, 1875 (two specimens) Mexico

Unzela japix Cramer, 1776 (five specimens) Brasil, Peru

Xylophanes amadis Stoll, 1782 (one specimen) Panama
Xylophanes anubis Cramer, 1777 (four specimens) Brasil
Xylophanes crematomioides Grotet & Robinson, 1868 (two specimens)Ecuador
Xylophanes dolsis Butler, 1875 (one specimen) Panama
Xylophanes fusimacula Felder, 1874 (two specimens) Columbia (coll. Fassl)
Xylophanes libya Druce, 1878 (one specimen) British Guiana (1912)
Xylophanes loelia Druce, 1878 (one specimen) Costa Rica
Xylophanes neoptolemus Stoll, 1782 (one specimen) Mexico
Xylophanes pistacina Boisduval, 1877 (two specimens) Bolivia
Xylophanes pluto Fabricius, 1777 (four specimens) Argentina
Xylophanes rothschildi Dognin, 1895 (four specimens) Ecuador
Xylophanes schreiteri Clark, 1923 (seven specimens) Argentina, Florida
Xylophanes titana Druce, 1878 (one specimen) Panama
Xylophanes tyndarus Boisduval, 1875 (one specimen) Mexico
Xylophanes undata Rothschild & Jordan (one specimen) Columbia (coll. Fassl)
Xylophanes zurcheri Druce, 1894 (one specimen) Columbia (March-June, 1927


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