Directory of Sphingidae Resources

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Family of moths, commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths or hornworms.

Resources in This Category

• Achemon Sphinx

  http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Achemon_Sphinx
  Photographs of imago, larva and pupa, description, life history and habits.

• Death's-head Hawkmoth

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acherontia
  Information from Wikipedia on these moths of the genus Acherontia, characterized by a skull-shaped pattern on the thorax, their development and the folklore that surrounds them.

• Hummingbird Moth: Hemaris thysbe

  http://fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/hummingbird_moth.htm
  Photographs and information on this moth and its larvae.

• John's Sphingidae Collection

  http://vriesi.tripod.com/
  Photographs of a personal collection from the Netherlands.

• Macroglossum stellatarum

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroglossum_stellatarum
  Information from Wikipedia on the humming bird hawk moth, its distribution, life cycle and host plants, with a gallery of photographs.

• Manduca quinquemaculata and Manduca sexta

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/field/hornworm.htm
  Provides photographs of different life stages of the tobacco and tomato hornworms, their distribution, description, life cycle, host plants, damage caused and management.

• Manduca quinquemaculata and Manduca sexta

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/tomatohornworms.htm
  Photographs of the tomato and tobacco hornworms and their larvae, with information on their hosts, symptoms, life cycle and description.

• Manduca sexta: Carolina Sphinx, Tobacco Hornworm

  http://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/tobaccohornworm.html
  Photographs and information on this species from the University of Arkansas Arthropod Museum.

• Pseudosphinx tetrio: Tetrio Sphinx

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/trees/pseudosphinx_tetrio.htm
  Photographs of this moth and its caterpillar, with information on its distribution, description, life cycle, biology, host plants, damage caused and management.

• Snowberry Clearwing: Hemaris diffinis

  http://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/hemdif.html
  Photographs and information on the natural history of this moth.

• Sphingidae

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_moth
  Information from Wikipedia on this family of moths commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths or hornworms, their life cycle and host plants, with a gallery of photographs.

• Sphingidae of China

  http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/china.htm
  Annotated checklist of the hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of China, Mongolia, and the Korean Peninsula.

• Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic

  http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/list.htm
  Illustrated and annotated checklist of the hawkmoths of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia by A.R. Pittaway.

• Whitelined Sphinx

  http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Whitelined_Sphinx
  Photographs of imago, larva and pupa, description, life history and habits.

• Xylophanes tersa: Tersa Sphinx

  http://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/tersasphinx.html
  Photographs and information on this species from the University of Arkansas Arthropod Museum.

 

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