The Sphingidae of Alabama

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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.

Ranges within Alabama are indicated by abbreviations following the species names. This update is as per the distribution maps in Tuttle's The Hawk Moths of North America.

T = Throughout
NQ = Northern Quarter
NH = Northern Half
SQ = Southern Quarter
ST = Southern Third
XN = Extreme North
XNE = Extreme Northeast
XS = Extreme South

Sphinginae subfamily Sphingini tribe: Agrius cingulata T Ceratomia amyntor T Ceratomia catalpae T Ceratomia hageni NH Ceratomia undulosa T Dolba hyloeus T Isoparce cupressi SQ Lapara bombycoides XNE Lapara coniferarum T Lapara phaeobrachycerous T Lintneria eremitus NQ Manduca jasminearum T wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Manduca quinquemaculatus T Manduca rustica T Manduca sexta T Neococytius cluentius stray Paratrea plebeja T Sphinx canadensis NQ Sphinx chersis XN Sphinx drupiferarum NH Sphinx franckii T Sphinx kalmiae T Smerinthini tribe: Amorpha juglandis T Pachysphinx modesta T Paonias astylus T Paonias excaecata T Paonias myops T Smerinthus jamaicensis T

Macroglossinae subfamily Dilophonotini tribe:mm Enyo lugubris ST Hemaris diffinis T Hemaris thysbe T Philampelini tribe:mm Eumorpha achemon T Eumorpha fasciatus S 1/3 Eumorpha intermedia XS Eumorpha pandorus T Eumorpha typhon stray Macroglossini tribe: Amphion floridensis T Darapsa choerilus T Darapsa myron T Darapsa versicolor T Deidamia inscriptum T Hyles lineata T Proserpinus gaurae all but XNE Sphecodina abbottii T Xylophanes tersa T Return to Index by Nation Return to U. S. A. Table Return to Main Sphingidae Index

The U.S.G.S. does not list Manduca rustica from Alabama, but this specimen was photographed, May 27, 2004, in Montgomery County, Alabama, courtesy of Marc Huchette and Tim Frantz.

At first I thought it was Dolba hyloeus until Tim mentioned, "This guy is at least 4 inches from head to wing tip."

The U.S.G.S. does not list Isoparce cupressi from Alabama, but Dirk Bayer sent me an image from Bon Secour, Baldwin County, July 18, 2006.

Below are links to county by county pictoral checklists.

Only those counties/cities 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.

Individual notes for northern counties (adult moths):

Lauderdale Madison Marion Cullman Pickens Calhoun

Colbert Morgan Winston Blount Tuskaloosa Cleburne

Franklin Marshall Lamar St. Clair Bbb Talladega

Limestone Jackson Fayette Etowah Jefferson Clay

Lawrence Dekalb Walker Cherokee Shelby Randolph

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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.

Individual notes for southern counties (adult moths):

Sumter Dallas Tallapoosa Chocktaw Wilcox Lowndes Barbour

Greene Chilton Chambers Washington Monroe Montgomery Coffee

Hale Autauga Lee Clarke Butler Bullock Dale Covington

Marengo Coosa Macon Mobile Conecuh Crenshaw Henry Geneva

Perry Elmore Russell Baldwin Escambia Pike Houston

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Eumorpha pandorus, Houston County, Alabama, August 16, 2007,
courtesy of Ethan Lee via Debbie Lee.

Below are links to county by county pictoral checklists.

Only those counties/cities 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.

Individual notes for northern counties (caterpillars):

Lauderdale Madison Marion Cullman Pickens Calhoun

Colbert Morgan Winston Blount Tuskaloosa Cleburne

Franklin Marshall Lamar St. Clair Bibb Talladega

Limestone Jackson Fayette Etowah Jefferson Clay

Lawrence Dekalb Walker Cherokee Shelby Randolph

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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.

Individual notes for southern counties (caterpillars):

Sumter Dallas Tallapoosa Chocktaw Wilcox Lowndes Barbour

Greene Chilton Chambers Washington Monroe Montgomery Coffee

Hale Autauga Lee Clarke Butler Bullock Dale Covington

Marengo Coosa Macon Mobile Conecuh Crenshaw Henry Geneva

Perry Elmore Russell Baldwin Escambia Pike Houston

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