Sphingidae and Saturniidae of Sonora, Mexico

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Last updated 20 January 2000

Sphingidae (Hawkmoths) [58 Species listed, 57 figured] --- Saturniidae (Silkmoths) [37 Species listed, 36 figured]

Sphingidae (Hawkmoths)

  1. Agrius cingulatus
  2. Manduca sexta
  3. Manduca quinquemaculata
  4. Manduca kuschei
  5. Manduca occulta
  6. Manduca ochus
  7. Manduca rustica
  8. Manduca muscosa
  9. Manduca florestan
  10. Manduca lanuginosa
  11. Dolbogene hartwegii
  12. Ceratomia igualana (new taxonomy from the ATL checklist)
  13. Ceratomia sonorensis
  14. Sagenosoma elsa(Suspected)
  15. Sphinx merops
  16. Sphinx smithi
  17. Sphinx separata
  18. Sphinx istar
  19. Sphinx leucophaeta
  20. Sphinx chersis
  21. Sphinx libocedrus
  22. Sphinx asella
  23. Sphinx dollii australis (new subspecies, big and darkly marked)
  24. Adhemarius globifer
  25. Smerinthus cerisyi
  26. Smerinthus saliceti
  27. Paonias myops
  28. Pachysphinx occidentalis
  29. Pseudosphinx tetrio (Suspected)
  30. Isognathus rimosus
  31. Erinnyis alope
  32. Erinnyis lassauxii
  33. Erinnyis ello
  34. Erinnyis crameri
  35. Erinnyis obscura (includes domingonis)
  36. Pachylia ficus (suspected)
  37. Pachylia syces
  38. Madoryx oiclus
  39. Callionima falcifera (not C. parce as reported many places, per Cadiou)
  40. Aellopos clavipes
  41. Cautethia spuria
  42. Hemaris diffinis
  43. Eumorpha satellitia
  44. Eumorpha elisa
  45. Eumorpha achemon
  46. Eumorpha typhon
  47. Eumorpha vitis
  48. Eumorpha fasciata (suspected)
  49. Gurelca sonorensis
  50. Proserpina terlooii
  51. Euproserpina phaeton
  52. Xylophanes pluto
  53. Xylophanes falco
  54. Xylophanes ceratomioides
  55. Xylophanes eumedon
  56. Xylophanes tersa
  57. Xylophanes turbata
  58. Hyles lineata

Saturniidae (Silkmoths)

  1. Hyalophora columbia gloveri (Suspected)
  2. Rothschildia orizaba
  3. Rothschildia cincta cincta
  4. Eupackardia calleta (Suspected)
  5. Antheraea montezuma
  6. Antheraea oculea
  7. Copaxa muellerana
  8. Copaxa multifenestrata (C. rufa now per Lemaire)
  9. Copaxa lavendera
  10. Agapema anona anona
  11. Agapema homogena
  12. Automeris metzli
  13. Automeris randa
  14. Automeris iris hesselorum
  15. Automeris boudinotiana
  16. Automeris io draudtiana
  17. Automeris cecrops pamina (additonal color variants)
  18. Automeris colenon
  19. Hylesia species (related to H. continua cressida, but to be named by Lemaire) -- cressida figured below:
  20. Paradirphia lasiocampina
  21. Hemileuca tricolor
  22. Hemileuca hualapai
  23. Hemileuca stonei
  24. Hemileuca juno
  25. Coloradia luski
  26. Coloradia prchali
  27. Anisota assimilis
  28. Anisota oslari (suspected)
  29. Syssphinx hubbardi complex (includes S. heligbrodti-like specimens)
  30. Syssphinx raspa
  31. Syssphinx montana
  32. Syssphinx colloida
  33. Syssphinx molina
  34. Adeloneivaia isara
  35. Othorene verana
  36. Citheronia splendens sinaloensis
  37. Citheronia beledonon
  38. Eacles oslari
  39. Dysdaemonia boreas
  40. Caio richardsoni