WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Sphingidae 890145 – 7825   Paonias myops (Smith, 1797)              Small-eyed Sphinx

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

© Nolie Schneider Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: myops (Smith, 1797) (Sphinx) - MONA 1983: 7825 macrops (Gehlen, 1933) (Calasymbolus) REV. STAT. cerasi (Boisduval, [1875]) (Smerinthus) emmeli Eitschberger, 2002 (Paonias) REV. SYN.; TL: Arizona, Santa Cruz Co., Pen?a Bianca. hyatti Eitschberger, 2002 (Paonias) mccrearyi (Clark, 1929) (Calasymbolus) occidentalis (Clark, 1919) (Calasymbolus) oplerorum Eitschberger, 2002 (Paonias) rosacearum (Boisduval, [1836]) (Smerinthus) sorbi (Boisduval, [1875]) (Smerinthus) tiliastri (Boisduval, [1875]) (Smerinthus) Taxonomic Notes: Paonias myops (Smith, 1797) includes as a synonyms Paonias hyatti Eitschberger, 2002 and Paonias oplerorum Eitschberger, 2002 and as a subspecies Paonias macrops (Gehlen, 1933) with Paonias emmeli Eitschberger, 2002 as a synonym of macrops in Kitching et al. (2018). P. macrops is returned to full species by St Laurent & Kitching (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Hodges, R. W., 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 21:p. 85; pl. 7.8, 10-12. order or free PDF Kitching, I.J., 2019. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, species page Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 39.4m; p. 243. Book Review and ordering Species Page at Bill Oehlke's moth website - Paonias myops Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths Species page at Moths of North Dakota. Tuttle, J. P., 2007. Hawk Moths of North America: p. 121; pl. 11.11.

© Stephen Cresswell © Bob Patterson © Carroll Rudy © Carroll Rudy © Donald Putnam © Nolie Schneider © Giff Beaton © Libby & Rick Avis - DNA

60mm – © Jim Vargo © Jeffrey C. Miller

© Brody J. Thomassen LG © Jason Dombroskie © Stan Malcom © Stan Malcom

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone