List of moths of Canada (Sphingidae)

This article is a list of the moths of Family Sphingidae which are found in Canada. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Canada.

Following the species name, there is an abbreviation which indicates in which of the Canadian provinces and/or territories the species can be found.

• Eastern Canada
  • On = Ontario
  • Qb = Quebec
  • NB = New Brunswick
  • NS = Nova Scotia
  • PE = Prince Edward Island
  • NF = Newfoundland
  • LB = Labrador
• Western Canada
  • BC = British Columbia
  • AB = Alberta
  • SK = Saskatchewan
  • MB = Manitoba
  • YU = Yukon
  • NT = Northwest Territories
  • NV = Nunavut

Subfamily Macroglossinae

• Aellopos fadus (Cramer, 1776) -ON
• Aellopos tantalus (Linnaeus, 1758) -MB
• Aellopos titan (Cramer, 1777) -QC, ON
• Erinnyis alope (Drury, 1773) -SK
• Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus, 1758) -QC, ON
• Erinnyis obscura (Fabricius, 1775) -ON
• Hemaris diffinis (Boisduval, 1836) -NS, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, NT
• Hemaris gracilis (Grote & Robinson, 1865) -NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK
• Hemaris senta (Strecker, 1878) -BC
• Hemaris thysbe (Fabricius, 1775) -NF, LB, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, NT, YT
• Amphion floridensis Clark, 1920 -NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, AB
• Darapsa choerilus (Cramer, [1780]) -NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
• Darapsa myron (Cramer, 1780) -NS, QC, ON, MB
• Darapsa versicolor (Harris, 1839) -QC, ON
• Deidamia inscripta (Harris, 1839) -QC, ON
• Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758) -BC
• Eumorpha achemon (Drury, 1773) -QC, ON, MB
• Eumorpha fasciatus (Sulzer, 1776) -NS, NB, ON
• Eumorpha labruscae (Linnaeus, 1758) -NB, MB, SK
• Eumorpha pandorus (Hübner, 1821) -NS, ON
• Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758) -ON, SK, AB
• Hyles gallii (Rottemburg, 1775) -LB, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, NT, YT
• Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775) -NS, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
• Proserpinus clarkiae (Boisduval, 1852) -AB, BC
• Proserpinus flavofasciata (Walker, 1856) -NS, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, NT
• Proserpinus juanita (Strecker, 1877) -MB, SK, AB
• Sphecodina abbottii (Swainson, 1821) -QC, ON
• Xylophanes tersa (Linnaeus, 1771) -QC, ON

Smerinthinae

• Amorpha juglandis (Smith, 1797) -NS, NB, QC, ON, MB
• Pachysphinx modesta (Harris, 1839) -LB, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
• Pachysphinx occidentalis (Edwards, 1875) -AB
• Paonias astylus (Drury, 1773) -NS
• Paonias excaecata (Smith, 1797) -LB, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
• Paonias myops (Smith, 1797) -NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
• Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, 1837 -NF, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, NT, YT
• Smerinthus jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) -NF, LB, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, YT

Sphinginae

• Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775) -NS, NB, QC, ON, BC
• Ceratomia amyntor (Geyer, 1835) -NS, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK
• Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval, 1875) -ON
• Ceratomia undulosa (Walker, 1856) -NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB
• Dolba hyloeus (Drury, 1773)- NB, QC, ON
• Lapara bombycoides Walker, 1856 -NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB
• Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth, 1803) -NS, QC, ON, SK, BC
• Manduca rustica (Fabricius, 1775) -QC
• Manduca sexta (Linnaeus, 1763) -ON
• Paratrea plebeja (Fabricius, 1777) -ON
• Sphinx canadensis Boisduval, 1875 -NB, QC, ON, MB
• Sphinx chersis (Hübner, 1823) -NS, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
• Sphinx drupiferarum Smith, 1797 -NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, BC
• Sphinx eremitus (Hübner, 1823) -NS, QC, ON
• Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1780 -ON, MB, SK
• Sphinx kalmiae Smith, 1797 -NF, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK
• Sphinx luscitiosa Clemens, 1859 -NS, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, YT
• Sphinx perelegans Edwards, 1874 -BC
• Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758 -AB
• Sphinx poecila Stephens, 1828 -LB, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
• Sphinx vashti Strecker, 1878 -MB, SK, AB, BC

External links

• Moths of Canada