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Tropical Lepidoptera of Belize

Bill Oehlke's Sphingidae of Belize with life-history data from Daniel Janzen

Illustrated Checklist of the Sphingidae of Mexico

 

NOTE: more updated list can be found at BERDS

Lepidoptera of Belize: Sphingidae checklist by district

Pseudosphinx tetrio caterpillar

The larva of Pseudosphinx tetrio is commonly encountered. Read more

Sphinginae

Macroglossinae

* The "Page number refers to the page number in Meerman, J. C. 1999. Lepidoptera of Belize. 1) Butterflies. Tropical Lepidoptera, Vol 10, supplement 1
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Species

 District
Co OW Be Cy Sc To
  Sphinginae                             
37 Agrius cingulatus          x x x x
37 Cocytius duponchel x x x x x
37 Cocytius l. lucifer x x x x
37 Cocytius antaeus medor x x x x
37 Neococytius cluentius          x x x x
37 Amphimoea walkeri                  x
38 Manduca s. sexta x x x x  
38 Manduca dilucida                x x x  
38 Manduca o. occulta   x x
38 Manduca h. hannibal   x x
38 Manduca pellenia         x
38 Manduca wellingi            x x  
38 Manduca ochus                x  
38 Manduca l. lefeburei   x  
38 Manduca r. rustica x x x x
38 Manduca albiplaga   x
38 Manduca muscosa         x  
38 Manduca corallina                 x x  
38 Manduca lichenea           x x
38 Manduca florestan x x x
38 Manduca lanuginosa  x x x x x
38 Sphinx (Lintneria) m. merops   x  
38 Protambulyx xanthus   x x
38 Protambulyx s. strigilis x x x x
38 Adhemarius g. gannascus x x x x x
38 Adhemarius ypsilon         x x  
       
  Macroglossinae                           
38 Pseudosphinx tetrio     x x x  
38 Isognathus rimosus inclitus/rimosus x x x x x
new Isognathus scyron x
38 Erinnyis alope alope        x x x x
38 Erinnyis domingonis         x  
38 Erinnyis lassauxii             x x x  
38 Erinnyis e. ello                 x x x x x
38 Erinnyis yucatana            x x x x  
38 Erinnyis oenotrus                        x x x
38 Erinnyis crameri   x  
38 Erinnyis o. obscura x x x  
38 Phryxus caicus                   x x x
38 Pachylia ficus                           x x x x
38 Pachylia syces syces x x  
38 Pachylia darceta              x
38 Pachylioides resumens x x x x x
38 Oryba kadeni                     x x
38 Oryba achemenides            x  
38 Hemeroplanus triptolemus x x  
38 Hemeroplanus ornatus   x  
38 Madoryx o. oiclus                     x x x  
39 Madoryx plutonius dentatus x x x
39 Madoryx bubastus butleri   x  
39 Callionima nomius        x x  
39 Callionima p. parce x x x x x
39 Callionima falcifera x x x x
39 Callionima inuus                   x x x
39 Aleuron carinatum                  x  
39 Aleuron chloropterum            x x  
39 Aleuron iphis                             x  
39 Aleuron n. neglectum         x  
39 Pachygonidia caliginosa   x
39 Pachygonidia subhamata   x  
39 Pachygonidia drucei           x x  
39 Nyceryx coffeae                   Reported without locality
39 Nyceryx riscus              x  
39 Perigonia ilus         x x x x
39 Perigonia lusca         x x  
39 Eupyrrhoglossum sagra   x x  
39 Aellopos ceculus                  x  
39 Aellopos clavipes         x  
39 Aellopos t. titan                   x x
39 Unzela j. japix            x  
39 Unzela p. pronoe   x  
39 Enyo l. lugubris x x x x
39 Enyo ocypete                x x x x
39 Enyo g. gorgon         x x  
39 Enyo c. cavifer            x  
39 Eumorpha anchemolus x x x
new Enyo taedium x
39 Eumorpha triangulum x x x
39 Eumorpha s. satellita x x x x
39 Eumorpha o. obliquus   x x
39 Eumorpha v. vitis        x x x x
39 Eumorpha f. fasciata x x x  
39 Eumorpha phorbas            x  
39 Eumorpha l. labruscae x x x x
39 Cautethia spuria                   x x
39 Cautethia yucatana         x  
39 Xylophanes adalia             x  
39 Xylophanes pluto                x x x x
39 Xylophanes t. tyndarus   x x x
39 Xylophanes porcus continentalis x x x  
39 Xylophanes juanita           ?  
39 Xylophanes zurcheri                 x
39 Xylophanes undata                 x  
39 Xylophanes ceratomioides   x x x
39 Xylophanes a. anubus x x x
40 Xylophanes cyrene   x x
40 Xylophanes belti                      x x x
40 Xylophanes chiron nechus   x x x
40 Xylophanes titana        x x x x
40 Xylophanes t. tersa x x x x
40 Xylophanes turbata             x x  
40 Xylophanes m. maculator x  
40 Xylophanes libya        x x x x x
40 Xylophanes loelia         x  
40 Xylophanes n. neoptolemus x x x
40 Xylophanes thyelia salvini       x   x
new Hyles lineata x
* Reference to page number in Meerman, J. C. 1999. Lepidoptera of Belize. 2 emperor moths and hawkmoths. Tropical Lepidoptera, Vol 10, supplement 1. "new" denotes a species reported after the 1999 publication.

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