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

superfamily

Hawk, Sphinx, Silk, Emperor, and Allied Moths

Bombycoidea

Includes
184 native 9 introduced 47 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Sphinx Moths 103 native
  • Emperor, Royal, Moon, and Giant Silk Moths 76 native
  • American Silkworm Moths 5 native
  • Monkey Moths
  • Silkworm Moths
  • Brahmin Moths
  • Anthelid Lappet Moths

Range

United States

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

Most observed native hawk, sphinx, silk, emperor, and allied moths All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus 81,053 observations
  • White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata 78,541 observations
  • North American Luna Moth Actias luna 69,869 observations
  • Snowberry Clearwing Hemaris diffinis 35,963 observations
  • Rosy Maple Moth Dryocampa rubicunda 34,932 observations
  • Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis 33,408 observations
  • Io Moth Automeris io 33,402 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
  • Cecropia Moth Hyalophora cecropia 20,559 observations
  • Waved Sphinx Ceratomia undulosa 19,843 observations
  • Bedstraw Hawkmoth Hyles gallii 16,702 observations
  • Walnut Sphinx Amorpha juglandis 16,506 observations
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