The Sphingidae of Colorado

Common Names

Agrius cingulata Ceratomia amyntor Ceratomia catalpae Ceratomia undulosa Lintneria separatus Manduca quinquemaculatusw Manduca sexta Sphinx asellus Sphinx chersis Sphinx dollii Sphinx drupiferarum Sphinx gordius Sphinx libocedrus Sphinx luscitiosa Sphinx perelegans Sphinx vashti Amorpha juglandis Pachysphinx modesta Pachysphinx occidentalis Paonias excaecata Paonias myops Smerinthus cerisyi Smerinthus jamaicensis Smerinthus saliceti Erinnyis ello Erinnyis obscura obscura Hemaris diffinis Hemaris senta Eumorpha achemon Amphion floridensis Darapsa myron Euproserpinus wiesti Hyles gallii Hyles lineata Proserpinus flavofasciata Proserpinus juanita

Pink-spotted Hawk Moth Elm Sphinx or Four-horned Sphinx Catalpa Sphinx Waved Sphinx Separated Sphinx Five-spotted hawkmoth Carolina Sphinx, Six-spotted hawkmoth Asella Sphinx Northern Ash Sphinx or Great Ash Sphinx Doll's Sphinx Wild Cherry Sphinx Apple Sphinx Incense Cedar Sphinx Canadian Sphinx Elegant Sphinx Snowberry Sphinx Walnut Sphinx Poplar Sphinx or Modest Sphinx Big Poplar Sphinx Blinded Sphinx Small-eyed Sphinx Cerisyi's sphinx Twin-spotted Sphinx Salicet Sphinx Ello Sphinx Obscure Sphinx Snowberry Clearwing or Bumblebee Moth Rocky Mountain Clearwing Achemon Sphinx Nessus Sphinx Virginia Creeper Sphinx Prairie Sphinx Gallium Sphinx White-lined Sphinx Yellow-banded Sphinx Juanita Sphinx

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Individual notes and thumbnail checklist (Adult moths) for northwestern Colorado counties:

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Moffat Rio Blanco Boulder

Routt Garfield Gilpin

Jackson Eagle Jefferson

Grand Summit Clear Creek

Larimer Park Baca

Individual notes and thumbnail checklist (Adult moths) for northeastern Colorado counties:

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Weld Adams Arapahoe

Morgan Denver Elbert

Logan Douglas

Sedgwick Washington Kit Carson

Phillips Yuma

Individual notes and thumbnail checklist (Adult moths) for southeastern Colorado counties:

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Teller Fremont Otero

El Paso Custer Bent

Lincoln Pueblo Prowers

Cheyenne Crowley Las Animas

Kiowa Huerfano Baca

Individual notes and thumbnail checklist (Adult moths) for southwestern Colorado counties:

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Mesa Chaffee Montrose Montezuma

Delta Sagauche Ouray La Plata

Pitkin Rio Grande San Miguel Hinsdale

Lake Alamosa San Juan Mineral

Gunnison Costilla Archuleta Conejos

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Eumorpha achemon, El Paso County, Colorado,
August 9, 2006, on grape, courtesy of Sheri Slike.

Hyles euphorbiae fifth instar, Poudre River Trail, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado,
September 9, 2009, courtesy of Tyson Fisher via Tiffany Joy.

Individual notes and thumbnail checklist (larvae) for northwestern Colorado counties:

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Moffat Rio Blanco Boulder

Routt Garfield Gilpin

Jackson Eagle Jefferson

Grand Summit Clear Creek

Larimer Park Baca

Individual notes and thumbnail checklist (larvae) for northeastern Colorado counties:

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Weld Adams Arapahoe

Morgan Denver Elbert

Logan Douglas

Sedgwick Washington Kit Carson

Phillips Yuma

Individual notes and thumbnail checklist (larvae) for southeastern Colorado counties:

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Teller Fremont Otero

El Paso Custer Bent

Lincoln Pueblo Prowers

Cheyenne Crowley Las Animas

Kiowa Huerfano Baca

Individual notes and thumbnail checklist (larvae) for southwestern Colorado counties:

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active.

Mesa Chaffee Montrose Montezuma

Delta Sagauche Ouray La Plata

Pitkin Rio Grande San Miguel Hinsdale

Lake Alamosa San Juan Mineral

Gunnison Costilla Archuleta Conejos