''Sphinx'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths ( Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, ...

. The genus was erected by

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, ...

in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''.

Species

*'' Sphinx adumbrata'' (Dyar, 1912) *'' Sphinx asellus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) *''

Sphinx caligineus ''Sphinx caligineus'', the Chinese pine hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Japan, north-eastern, eastern, central and southern China, South Korea, northern Thailand and southern Vietnam. The wingspan is 55–76 ...

'' (Butler, 1877) *''

Sphinx canadensis ''Sphinx canadensis'', the Canadian sphinx, is a member of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Distribution That is found the northeastern United States and as north as Newfoundland and L ...

'' (Boisduval, 1875) *'' Sphinx centrosinaria'' Kitching & Jin, 1998 *'' Sphinx chersis'' (Hubner, 1823) *'' Sphinx chisoya'' (Schaus, 1932) *''

Sphinx constricta ''Sphinx constricta'', the Japanese privet hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Japan. It is similar to ''Sphinx ligustri'', especially the pattern, but the pink colour is less intense. Furthermore, the antemedian and m ...

'' Butler, 1885 *''

Sphinx crassistriga ''Sphinx crassistriga'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered ...

'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) *''

Sphinx dollii ''Sphinx dollii'', or Doll's sphinx moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from arid brushlands and desert foothills from Nevada and southern California east through Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and from New Mexico to Oklahoma and Texa ...

'' Neumoegen, 1881 *'' Sphinx drupiferarum'' JE Smith, 1797 *'' Sphinx formosana'' Riotte, 1970 *''

Sphinx franckii ''Sphinx franckii'', or Franck's sphinx moth is a moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1893. It is known from lowland deciduous woodland in the eastern United States but also suburban areas wher ...

'' Neumoegen, 1893 *''

Sphinx gordius ''Sphinx gordius'', the apple sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. Distribution It is found in the northern parts of the United States and southern Canada, mostly east of th ...

'' Cramer, 1779 *'' Sphinx kalmiae'' JE Smith, 1797 *'' Sphinx leucophaeata'' Clemens, 1859 *''

Sphinx libocedrus ''Sphinx libocedrus'', the incense cedar sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It ranges from the western Texas to southern California and Mexico. The larvae feed on New Mexican ...

'' Edwards, 1881 *''

Sphinx ligustri ''Sphinx ligustri'', the privet hawk moth, is a moth found in most of the Palearctic realm. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Description It has a wingspan (generally deflexed ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 *''

Sphinx luscitiosa ''Sphinx luscitiosa'', or Clemens' hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia south to New Jersey, west through Michigan, Wis ...

'' Clemens, 1859 *''

Sphinx maurorum ''Sphinx maurorum'', the southern pine hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Karl Jordan in 1931. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula, as well as in southern and central France as far north as Corrèz ...

'' (Jordan, 1931) *''

Sphinx morio ''Sphinx morio'', the larch hawk moth or Asian pine hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Russia, the Korean Peninsula, Japan and China. The wingspan is 60–80 mm. The larvae feed on ''Picea'' (including ''Picea asp ...

'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) *''

Sphinx nogueirai ''Sphinx nogueirai'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sonora in Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the nort ...

'' Haxaire, 2002 *''

Sphinx oberthueri ''Sphinx oberthueri'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from central and south-western China to northern Thailand. The larvae feed on ''Pinus massoniana ''Pinus massoniana'' ( English: Masson's pine, Chinese red pine, horsetail ...

'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) *''

Sphinx perelegans ''Sphinx perelegans'', the elegant sphinx, is a species of hawkmoth. Distribution It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California and to New Mexico. Description The wingspan is 98–110 mm. Sphinx pere ...

'' Edwards, 1874 *''

Sphinx pinastri ''Sphinx pinastri'', the pine hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Palearctic realm and sometimes the Nearctic realm. This species has been found in Scotland but is usually found in England. The species was first de ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 *''

Sphinx poecila ''Sphinx poecila'', the poecila sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Newfoundland and Maine south to Pennsylvania and west to Michigan, northeastern Illinois and Wisconsin. The wingspan is 68–95 mm. The larvae fee ...

'' Stephens, 1828 *''

Sphinx sequoiae ''Sphinx sequoiae'', the sequoia sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the United States from Oregon south through California, Nevada, and south-eastern Utah to Arizona and further south into Mexico's northern Baja Californi ...

'' Boisduval, 1868 *''

Sphinx vashti ''Sphinx vashti'', the Vashti sphinx, is a member of the family Sphingidae of moths. It is found in North America from British Columbia east to Manitoba, south to southern California, Nevada, central Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. The pa ...

'' Strecker, 1878

Gallery

Sphinx canadensis MHNT Cut 2010 0 473 - Larsson's Camp Ontorio Canada - male.jpg, ''

'' Sphinx chersis MHNT CUT 2010 0 327 Arizona, Yavapai County male.jpg, '' Sphinx chersis'' Sphinx dollii MHNT CUT 2010 0 476 - Madera Canyon Santa Rita Mts Arizona - male.jpg, ''

'' Sphinx drupiferarum MHNT CUT 2010 0 478 Jersey City, Hudson Co, New Jersey - male.jpg, '' Sphinx drupiferarum'' Sphinx formosana MHNT CUT 2010 0 317 Yilan County, Taiwan, male.jpg, '' Sphinx formosana'' Sphinx franckii MHNT CUT 2010 0 145 Knoxville, Tennessee, male.jpg, ''

'' Sphinx gordius MHNT CUT 2010 0 253 Minden Nevada male.jpg, ''

'' Sphinx kalmiae MHNT CUT 2010 0 145 Wakefield Canada male.jpg, '' Sphinx kalmiae'' Sphinx leucophaeata MHNT CUT 2010 0 475 - Sonora, Mexique - male.jpg, '' Sphinx kalmiae'' Sphinx leucophaeata MHNT CUT 2010 0 475 - Sonora, Mexique - male.jpg , '' Sphinx leucophaeata'' Sphinx libocedrus MHNT CUT 2010 0 476 - Yavapai Co Arizona - male.jpg, ''

'' Sphinx ligustri MHNT male.jpg, ''

'' Sphinx luscitiosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 477 Glens Fall - Warren Co. N.Y male.jpg, ''

'' Sphinx pinastri MHNT female.jpg, ''

'' Sphinx sequoiae MHNT CUT 2010 0 476 - Johnsville, California, Plumas Co California - male.jpg, ''

'' Sphinx vashti MHNT CUT 2010 0 476 Markleeville, Carson River, Alpine Co, California - male.jpg, ''

References

Sphingini Insects of Turkey Moth genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Sphinginae-stub