Sphingidae of Cuba

This list should be very accurate as it has been sent to me by Jean Haxaire, November 17, 2004.

If you have corrections to offer, images of adults/larvae, etc., please contact
Bill Oehlke.

Many thanks to Tomas Melichar (January 2011) who has provided many images of rare Sphingidae from Cuba. Tomas is very interested in sales, purchases, trades, etc. He has over 100,000 Sphingidae specimens in his worldwide collection. His email is posted on the link above.

Xylophanes chiron cubanus Topes de Collantes, Cuba,
August 3, 2011, courtesy of Paul Hoekstra.

Many thanks to Paul Hoekstra who sends images of Agrius cingulata and Xylophanes chiron cubanus from Topes de Collantes, Cuba.

Many thanks to Christian Kutzscher, SDEI - Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Germany, who provides an image of Manduca sexta jamaicensis.

Many thanks also to Tim Norriss who has granted me permission to post some of the images of live moths from his site at http://www.butterfliesofcuba.com/bombicoidea.html. I have posted images of Manduca rustica cubana and Xylophanes irrorata, both courtesy of Douglas Fernandez and of Manduca sexta jamaicensis and Xylophanes chiron cubanus courtesy of Tim Norriss, all from Tim's website. Check out Tim's website to see more images of live Sphingidae from Cuba.

Xylophanes irrorata, Gran Piedra, Cuba,
June 26, 2016, copyright, Douglas Fernandez, as per
http://www.butterfliesofcuba.com/bombicoidea.html.

Sphingini Agrius cingulata Amph. duponchel Amphonyx haxairei Amphonyx vitrinus Cocytius antaeus M. a. afflicta M. b. cubensis M. rustica cubana M. s. jamaicensis Nanoparce p. poeyi Neoco. cluentius

Smerinthini Adhem. d. cubanus Protamb. strigilis

Dilophonotini Aellopos blaini Aellopos fadus Ae. tantalus zonata Ae. ti. cubana Call. calliomenae Call. f. falcifera Callionima gracilis Calli. ramsdeni Enyo boisduvali Enyo lugubris Enyo ocypete Erinnyis alope Erinnyis crameri Erinn. domingonis Erinnyis ello Erinnyis guttularis Erinnyis lassauxii Erinnyis obscura Erinnyis oenotrus Erinnyis pallida Eupyrrhogl. sagra Isog. r. rimosus M. pseudothyreus Pachylia ficus P. syces cubensis Pachyli. resumens Perigonia divisa Perig. lefebvraei Perigonia lusca Phryxus caicus Pseudosphinx tetrio

Philampelini Eum. fasciatus Eum. labruscae Eum. mirificatus E. s. posticatus Eumorpha vitis

Macroglossini Cauthetia g. grotei Hyles lineata X. chiron cubanus Xylophanes clarki Xyl. gundlachii Xyl. irrorata Xylophane pluto X. porcus porcus Xyl. robinsoni Xylophanes tersa

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Some species previously listed under Cocytius genus are now listed as Amphonyx. Not all of them are found in Cuba.

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