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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Hawk, Sphinx, Silk, Emperor, and Allied Moths
  7. Sphinx Moths

family

Sphinx Moths

Sphingidae

Includes
103 native 8 introduced 29 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Macroglossine Sphinx Moths 49 native
  • Sphinginae 42 native
  • Smerinthinae 12 native
  • Langiinae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native sphinx moths All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata 78,541 observations
  • Snowberry Clearwing Hemaris diffinis 35,963 observations
  • Carolina Sphinx Manduca sexta 33,076 observations
  • Hummingbird Clearwing Hemaris thysbe 30,610 observations
  • Virginia Creeper Sphinx Darapsa myron 22,343 observations
  • Blinded Sphinx Paonias excaecata 21,985 observations
  • Waved Sphinx Ceratomia undulosa 19,843 observations
  • Bedstraw Hawkmoth Hyles gallii 16,702 observations
  • Walnut Sphinx Amorpha juglandis 16,506 observations
  • Tersa Sphinx Xylophanes tersa 16,486 observations
  • Pandorus Sphinx Eumorpha pandorus 15,040 observations
  • Small-eyed Sphinx Paonias myops 13,245 observations
  • Rustic Sphinx Manduca rustica 11,521 observations
  • Catalpa Sphinx Ceratomia catalpae 10,652 observations
  • Modest Sphinx Pachysphinx modesta 10,141 observations
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