This site, created and maintained by Bill Oehlke, is brought to you by the WLSS.

You can visit active Sphingidae pictoral checklists by clicking on the Canadian provinces or country regions listed in the tables below. All US states are covered as are all countries from Central and South America and the Caribbean.

Canada Alberta British Columbiammm Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Northwest Territoriesmmm Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon

United States

Central America with Map

Many of the images of Sphingidae larvae and adults on this website (especially the Central and South American sections) come from Dan Janzen who worked tirelessly on a project to raise funds for "rainforest purchase in Costa Rica to add land to the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), where the great majority of these moths occur as living wild populations.

South America with Map

Carribean Islands with Map

Sphingini tribe: Agrius, Amphimoea, Ceratomia, Cocytius, Dolba, Dolbagene, Euryglottis, Isoparce, Lapara, Manduca, Nannoparce, Neococytius, Neogene, Paratrea, Sagenosema, Sphinx

Smerinthini tribe: Adhemarius, Amorpha, Monarda, Orecta, Pachysphinx, Paonias, Protambyulyx, Smerinthus, Trogolegnum

Dilophonotini tribe: Aellopos, Aleuron, Baniwa, Callionima, Enyo, Erinnyis, Eupyrrhoglossum, Hemaris, Hemeroplanes, Himantoides, Isognathus, Kloneus, Madoryx, Nyceryx, Oryba, Pachygonidia, Pachylia, Pachylioides, Perigonia, Phryxus, Protaleuron, Pseudosphinx, Stolidoptera

Philampelini tribe: Eumorpha, Tinostoma,

Macroglossinini tribe: Amphion, Arctonotus, Aspledon, Cautethia, Darapsa, Deidamia, Euproserpinus, Hyles, Phanoxyla, Proserpinus, Sphecodina, Xylophanes

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