Sphinx (genus) explained

Sphinx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.^[1]

Species

• Sphinx adumbrata (Dyar, 1912)
• Sphinx asellus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sphinx caligineus (Butler, 1877)
• Sphinx canadensis (Boisduval, 1875)
• Sphinx centrosinaria Kitching & Jin, 1998
• Sphinx chersis (Hubner, 1823)
• Sphinx chisoya (Schaus, 1932)
• Sphinx constricta Butler, 1885
• Sphinx crassistriga (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sphinx dollii Neumoegen, 1881
• Sphinx drupiferarum JE Smith, 1797
• Sphinx formosana Riotte, 1970
• Sphinx franckii Neumoegen, 1893
• Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1779
• Sphinx kalmiae JE Smith, 1797
• Sphinx leucophaeata Clemens, 1859
• Sphinx libocedrus Edwards, 1881
• Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1758
• Sphinx luscitiosa Clemens, 1859
• Sphinx maurorum (Jordan, 1931)
• Sphinx morio (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sphinx nogueirai Haxaire, 2002
• Sphinx oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sphinx perelegans Edwards, 1874
• Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758
• Sphinx poecila Stephens, 1828
• Sphinx sequoiae Boisduval, 1868
• Sphinx vashti Strecker, 1878

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 6, 2019.