Digital Guide to Moth Identification |
Please see the page on submitting photos (link above at right). Photos that are identified here are retained for later use
on pages like this one and on individual species pages. For photos to be usable here they must be capable of cropping
and reduction to fit a square 225 x 225 pixels in size. A different size (300 x 225) will be used for some species that normally
pose with the wings fully spread.
Photos are preferred of moths oriented head upward rather than at an angle. Normally, four photos, each by a different
photographer, will be the limit per species. Exceptions might be made for species where there are many morphs, forms and
aberrations. Better photos will replace those not as capable of helping to identify the species. There is no guarantee that
a photo, once in the archive, will be retained permanently.
Epiplemidae - Sphingidae
Refereed by John & Jane Balaban |
890188 – 7866 – Gaudy Sphinx – Eumorpha labruscae |
890174 – 7867 – Grote's Sphinx – Cautethia grotei |
890175 – 7868 – Spurious Sphinx – Cautethia spuria |
890192 – 7870 – Abbot's Sphinx – Sphecodina abbottii |
© Jim McCalin © Janice Stiefel 4th instar © Janice Stiefel © Janice Stiefel 5th instar © Jim McCalin © Jim McCalin |
890204.8 – 7871 – Lettered Sphinx – Deidamia inscriptum |
© Tom Bentley |
890195 – 7872 – Bear Sphinx – Proserpinus lucidus |
890194 – 7873 – Nessus Sphinx – Amphion floridensis |
© Patrick Coin 1st instar |
890197 – 7875 – Juanita Sphinx – Proserpinus juanita |
890198 – 7876 – Clark's Day Sphinx – Proserpinus clarkiae |
890199 – 7877 – Yellow-banded Day Sphinx – Proserpinus flavofasciata |
© Anthony W. Thomas |
890201 – 7879 – Baron Terloo's Sphinx – Proserpinus terlooii |
© Randy Hardy first instar - 2 mm |
890203 – 7881 – Euproserpinus euterpe |
© Paul Johnson 5th instar © Paul Johnson 4th instar © Paul Johnson 3rd instar © Paul Johnson 4th instar |
890207 – 7885 – Virginia Creeper Sphinx – Darapsa myron |
© Janice Stiefel 5th instar |
890209 – 7887 – Pluto Sphinx – Xylophanes pluto |
890210 – 7889 – Falcon Sphinx – Xylophanes falco |
© Arlene Ripley |
890211 – 7890 – Tersa Sphinx – Xylophanes tersa |
© Troy Bartlett © Alan Chin-Lee 5th instar © Lee Ruth © Valerie G. Bugh © Alan Chin-Lee © Hannah Nendick-Mason © Hannah Nendick-Mason © Valerie G. Bugh |
890213 – 7891 – Xylophanes libya |
890215 – 7892 – Leafy Spurge Hawk Moth – Hyles euphorbiae |
© USDA |
890216 – 7893 – Gallium Sphinx – Hyles gallii |
890217 – 7894 – White-lined Sphinx – Hyles lineata |
© Hannah Nendick-Mason © Bob Moul © Valerie G. Bugh © Carol Wolf © Joyce Gross © Joyce Gross © Patrick Dockens © Valerie G. Bugh © Valerie G. Bugh © Charles Lewallen © Stuart Schwartz varieties © Stuart Schwartz |
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