Updated as per James P. Tuttle's The Hawk Moths of North America, August 29, 2008

The Sphingidae of Georgia

Darapsa myron courtesy of John H. Campbell.

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Most species have breeding populations throughout (T) the state. Some species have more limited breeding populations such as the southwestern third (SW 1/3), and a few species might only have breeding populations in the extreme northwest (XNW). Those species who are occasionally seen in the state, but for which there are no larval records are recorded as strays.

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Sphinginae subfamily

Sphingini tribe:

Agrius cingulata T
Ceratomia amyntor T
Ceratomia catalpae T
Ceratomia hageni NW 1/8
Ceratomia undulosa T
Dolba hyloeus T
Isoparce cupressi S 2/5
Lapara bombycoides XN
Lapara coniferarum T
Lapara phaeobrachycrerous T
Lintneria eremitus N 1/4
Manduca jasminearum T wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Manduca quinquemaculatus T
Manduca rustica T
Manduca sexta T
Paratrea plebeja T
Sphinx canadensis XNW
Sphinx chersis XN
Sphinx drupiferarum N 1/3
Sphinx franckii W 4/5
Sphinx kalmiae W 3/5

Smerinthini tribe:

Amorpha juglandis T
Pachysphinx modesta W 3/4
Paonias astylus T
Paonias excaecata T
Paonias myops T
Smerinthus jamaicensis T














Macroglossinae subfamily

Dilophonotini tribe:mmmm

Enyo lugubris S 1/3
Erinnyis ello stray
Erinnyis obscura stray
Hemaris diffinis T
Hemaris gracilis E 1/3
Hemaris thysbe T




Philampelini tribe:mmmm

Eumorpha achemon T
Eum. fasciata SE 1/4
Eum. intermedia SE 1/3
Eumorpha pandorus T






Macroglossini tribe:mmmm

Amphion floridensis T
Darapsa choerilus T
Darapsa myron T
Darapsa versicolor T
Deidamia inscriptum T
Hyles lineata T
Proserpinus gaurae SW 1/2 Sphecodina abbottii T
Xylophanes tersa T

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This page is brought to you by Bill Oehlke and the WLSS. Pages are on space rented from Bizland. If you would like to become a "Patron of the Sphingidae Site", contact Bill.

Please send sightings/images to Bill. I will do my best to respond to requests for identification help.

Richard Grant and his daughter report, with an image, Paonias excaecata in Lumpkin County.

Doug Cowart report Amphion floridensis in Macon, Bibb County, April 8-10.

County by county thumbnail checklists
Northern Georgia

Dade
Walker
Catoosa
Whitfield
Murray
Gilmer
Fannin
Union

Towns
Rabun
Dawson
Lumpkin
White
Habersham
Stephens
Franklin

Chatooga
Floyd
Gordon
Bartow
Pickens
Cherokee
Polk
Paulding

Forsyth
Hall
Banks
Cobb
Fulton
Dekalb
Gwinnett
Barrow

Walton
Oconee
Clarke
Jackson
Madison
Dale
Newton
Morgan

Centralwestern Georgia

Haralson
Douglas
Carroll
Heard
Coweta
Fayette
Clayton
Henry

Butts
Jasper
Putnam
Lamar
Monroe
Bibb
Jones
Baldwin

Troup
Meriwether
Pike
Upson
Crawford
Harris
Talbot
Taylor

Peach
Houston
Twiggs
Wilkinson
Macon
Bleckley
Pulaski
Dodge

Muscogee
Chattahoochee
Marion
Schley
Stewart
Webster
Sumter
Dooly

Southwestern Georgia

Quitman
Randolph
Terrell
Lee
Crisp
Turner

Clay
Early
Calhoun
Dougherty
Worth
Tift

Miller
Baker
Mitchell
Seminole
Decatur
Grady

Colquitt
Cook
Thomas
Brooks
Lowndes
Lanier

Crisp
Wilcox
Turner
Ben Hill
Irwin
Berrien

Eastern Georgia

Elbert
Oglethorpe
Wilkes
Lincoln
Greene
Taliaferro
McDuffie
Columbia

Putnam
Baldwin
Hancock
Warren
Glascock
Washington
Jefferson
Richmond

Burke
Johnson
Emanuel
Jenkins
Screven
Candler
Bulloch
Effingham

Wilkinson
Johnson
Laurens
Telfair
Wheeler
Montgomery
Truetlen
Toombs

Tattnall
Evans
Wayne
Long
Liberty
Bryan
Chatham
McIntosh

Southeastern Georgia

Coffee
Jeff Davis
Bacon

Appling
Pierce
Brantley

Ware
Clinch
Echols

Charlton
Camden
Glynn




The following tables are pictoral checklists for larvae (caterpillars). Only those in red are active.

County by county thumbnail checklists
Northwestern Georgia

Dade
Walker
Catoosa
Whitfield
Murray
Gilmer
Fannin
Union

Towns
Rabun
Dawson
Lumpkin
White
Habersham
Stephens
Franklin

Chatooga
Floyd
Gordon
Bartow
Pickens
Cherokee
Polk
Paulding

Forsyth
Hall
Banks
Cobb
Fulton
Dekalb
Gwinnett
Barrow

Walton
Oconee
Clark
Jackson
Madison
Dale
Newton
Morgan

Centralwestern Georgia

Haralson
Douglas
Carroll
Heard
Coweta
Fayette
Clayton
Henry

Butts
Jasper
Putnam
Lamar
Monroe
Bibb
Jones
Baldwin

Troup
Meriwether
Pike
Upson
Crawford
Harris
Talbot
Taylor

Peach
Houston
Twiggs
Wilkinson
Macon
Bleckley
Pulaski
Dodge

Muscogee
Chattahoochee
Marion
Schley
Stewart
Webster
Sumter
Dooly

Southwestern Georgia

Quitman
Randolph
Terrell
Lee
Crisp
Turner

Clay
Early
Calhoun
Dougherty
Worth
Tift

Miller
Baker
Mitchell
Seminole
Decatur
Grady

Colquitt
Cook
Thomas
Brooks
Lowndes
Lanier

Crisp
Wilcox
Turner
Ben Hill
Irwin
Berrien

Eastern Georgia

Elbert
Oglethorpe
Wilkes
Lincoln
Greene
Taliaferro
McDuffie
Columbia

Putnam
Baldwin
Hancock
Warren
Glascock
Washington
Jefferson
Richmond

Burke
Johnson
Emanuel
Jenkins
Screven
Candler
Bulloch
Effingham

Wilkinson
Johnson
Laurens
Telfair
Wheeler
Montgomery
Truetlen
Toombs

Tattnall
Evans
Wayne
Long
Liberty
Bryan
Chatham
McIntosh

Southeastern Georgia

Coffee
Jeff Davis
Bacon

Appling
Pierce
Brantley

Ware
Clinch
Echols

Charlton
Camden
Glynn




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