List of moths of Australia (Sphingidae)
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This is a list of the Australian species of the family
Sphingidae
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
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Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Macroglossinae
- Acosmeryx anceusAcosmeryx anceusAcosmeryx anceus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It was described by Stoll in 1781, and is known from India, New Guinea, and Queensland, Australia.The wingspan is 70-88 mm....
(Stoll, 1781) - Acosmeryx miskiniAcosmeryx miskiniAcosmeryx miskini is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It was described by Murray in 1873, and is known from New Guinea to north-eastern Australia....
(Murray, 1873) - Angonyx excellens (Rothschild, 1911)
- Angonyx papuanaAngonyx papuanaAngonyx papuana is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea, northern Queensland and the Bismarck Archipelago....
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 - Cephonodes hylasCephonodes hylasThe Pellucid Hawk Moth is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Found in Africa, India, South-East Asia and Australia, the Cephonodes hylas has a wingspan of 45-73 mm....
(Linnaeus, 1771) - Cephonodes janusCephonodes janusCephonodes janus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland, Flores and New Caledonia.The wingspan is about 50 mm. This species has a very narrow opaque margin around the wings, and a uniformly brown abdomen.-Subspecies:...
(Miskin, 1891) - Cephonodes kingiiCephonodes kingiiThe Gardenia Bee Hawk is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in the northern two thirds of Australia.The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults resemble bumble bees. They are mostly green with a yellow abdomen and a black band around the first few abdominal segments, and a dark mark on the next...
(W.S. Macleay, 1826) - Cephonodes picusCephonodes picusCephonodes picus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in most of the old world tropics, including India, the Cocos-Keeling Islands, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Torres Strait Islands, Brunei and the Chagos Archipelago....
(Cramer, 1777) - Cizara ardeniaeCizara ardeniaeThe Coprosma Hawk Moth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the eastern coastal region of Australia and New Zealand....
(Lewin, 1805) - Daphnis dohertyiDaphnis dohertyiDaphnis dohertyi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Indonesia, New Guinea, the Philippines the Solomon Islands and Queensland....
Rothschild, 1897 - Daphnis hypothousDaphnis hypothousDaphnis hypothous is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka, southern and northern India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is a rare vagrant to the western Palaearctic ecozone...
(Cramer, 1780) - Daphnis mooreiDaphnis mooreiDaphnis moorei is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Indonesia , Papua New Guinea and the northern half of Australia.The forewing upperside is similar to Daphnis hypothous....
(W.J. Macleay, 1866) - Daphnis placidaDaphnis placidaDaphnis placida is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia , the Solomon Islands and the northern half of Australia....
(Walker, 1856) - Daphnis protrudensDaphnis protrudensDaphnis protrudens is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland.The wingspan is about 100 mm. Adults have wings with a bold pattern of pale and dark brown. There is a contrasting pair of dark brown and white bands across the first abdominal segment...
R. Felder, 1874 - Eupanacra splendensEupanacra splendensEupanacra splendens is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and north-eastern Australia....
(Rothschild, 1894) - Gnathothlibus erasGnathothlibus erasGnathothlibus eras is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the eastern Sunda Islands , Sulawesi, the Moluccas, the Philippines, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Micronesia and eastern Australia....
(Boisduval, 1832) - Gnathothlibus erotusGnathothlibus erotusThe White-brow hawkmoth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from India to the south Pacific, including Borneo, the Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Australia.The wingspan is about 70 mm...
(Cramer, 1777) - Gnathothlibus australiensisGnathothlibus australiensisGnathothlibus australiensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Northern Territory and Queensland.The length of the forewings is 33-38 mm...
Lachlan, 2004 - Hippotion boerhaviaeHippotion boerhaviaeHippotion boerhaviae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand, south-eastern China , Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, eastern Australia and New Caledonia....
(Fabricius, 1775) - Hippotion brennusHippotion brennusHippotion brennus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and north-eastern Australia....
(Stoll, 1782) - Hippotion celerioHippotion celerioHippotion celerio, known as the Vine Hawk-Moth or Silver-striped Hawk-Moth, is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Africa, Southern Europe, Central and Southern Asia and Australia. It can be found further north, because of its migratory nature.-Colouring and marks :The body and forewing...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Hippotion rosettaHippotion rosettaHippotion rosetta is a species of Sphingid moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from southern Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, east across Thailand, southern China and Taiwan to southern Japan and the Philippines, then south across south-east Asia to the Andaman Islands, eastern Indonesia, the...
(Swinhoe, 1892) - Hippotion scrofaHippotion scrofaHippotion scrofa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.The wingspan is about 70 mm...
(Boisduval, 1832) - Hippotion veloxHippotion veloxHippotion velox is a species of Sphingid moth or the family Sphingidae. It is found throughout the Indo-Australian tropics east to Fiji and New Caledonia, north to Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern Japan.The wingspan is 54-76 mm....
(Fabricius, 1793) - Hyles livornicoidesHyles livornicoidesHyles livornicoides is a moth of the Sphingidae family. The larvae are known by the common name Yeperenye Caterpillar. It is found in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.The wingspan is about 60 mm....
(T.P. Lucas, 1892) - Macroglossum alcedoMacroglossum alcedoMacroglossum alcedo is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanimbar, the Kai Islands, Aru, Papua New Guinea and Queensland.Adults have brown patterned forewings and smaller yellow hindwings with a wide dark brown margin....
(Boisduval, 1832) - Macroglossum corythusMacroglossum corythusMacroglossum corythus is a species of Hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found throughout the Indo-Australian tropics east to New Caledonia.The wingspan is 50-66 mm.Larvae have been recorded from Loganiaceae and Rubiaceae species.-Subspecies:...
(Walker, 1856) - Macroglossum dohertyiMacroglossum dohertyiMacroglossum dohertyi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland and Papua New Guinea.This species is distinguished from other Macroglossum species by the presence on the forewing upperside of two narrow, sharply-defined, buffish-white bands in the place of the space between...
(Rothschild, 1894) - Macroglossum heliophilaMacroglossum heliophilaMacroglossum heliophila is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from north-eastern India across southern China to Cheju Island , southern Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines and then south through Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to New Guinea and neighbouring islands. It is also...
(Boisduval, 1875) - Macroglossum hirundoMacroglossum hirundoMacroglossum hirundo is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Society Islands, Australia , Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands....
(Boisduval, 1832) - Macroglossum insipidaMacroglossum insipidaMacroglossum insipida is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka, southern and eastern India, Nepal, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, Japan , Vietnam, Malaysia , Indonesia , Papua New Guinea and Queensland.The wingspan is 40-54 mm...
(Butler, 1875) - Macroglossum joannisiMacroglossum joannisiMacroglossum joannisi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 22 mm. This species is distinguished from all other Macroglossum species by four yellow abdominal side-patches and the bright underside of the hindwing, together with the...
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 - Macroglossum micaceaMacroglossum micaceaMacroglossum micacea is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Solomon Islands, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland....
(Walker, 1856) - Macroglossum nubilumMacroglossum nubilumMacroglossum nubilum is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland, Papua New Guinea and the Louisiade Archipelago.It is similar to Macroglossum prometheus lineata....
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 - Macroglossum prometheusMacroglossum prometheusMacroglossum prometheus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from south-east Asia and Queensland.The wingspan is about 50 mm. There is a prominent, subapical, costal, grey patch on the forewing and a sharply defined distal border on the hindwing. Both wing undersides are brown, shaded...
(Boisduval, 1875) - Macroglossum rectansMacroglossum rectansMacroglossum rectans is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea and Australia.It is similar to Macroglossum hirundo errans, but less grey. The abdomen upperside has a small, transverse, yellow lateral mark on second segment and a large one on the third and fourth. The...
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 - Macroglossum tenebrosaMacroglossum tenebrosaMacroglossum tenebrosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sulawesi, the Moluccas, Aru, Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and north-eastern Australia....
(T.P. Lucas, 1891) - Macroglossum vacillansMacroglossum vacillansMacroglossum vacillans is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Indonesia.Adults are brown with a broad red band across each hindwing....
(Walker, 1865) - Nephele hesperaNephele hesperaNephele hespera is a sphingid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Burma Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia....
(Fabricius, 1775) - Nephele subvariaNephele subvariaNephele subvaria is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland and Western Australia.The wingspan is about 60 mm. The forewings are brown and the hindwings may be either brown or red. The forewings of the females have white spots which are lacking in the males.The larvae feed on...
(Walker, 1856) - Theretra clothoTheretra clothoTheretra clotho is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Sri Lanka, India , Nepal and Myanmar, east through China to Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, and then south-east through South East Asia as far as the Lesser Sunda Islands and Timor in Indonesia...
(Drury, 1773) - Theretra indistinctaTheretra indistinctaTheretra indistincta is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Bismarck Archipelago....
(Butler, 1877) - Theretra inornataTheretra inornataTheretra inornata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland.The upperside is uniformly olive-green or brown with a minimum of forewing pattern. The antenna have pinkish white dorsal scaling, with a black apical patch...
(Walker, 1865) - Theretra latreilliiTheretra latreilliiThe Pale Brown Hawk Moth, Theretra latreillii, is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in most of Asia, including Borneo, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan and also in the tropical regions of Australia....
(W.S. Macleay, 1826) - Theretra margarita (Kirby, 1877)
- Theretra nessusTheretra nessusThe Yam Hawk Moth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka, India , Nepal, Burma, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, northern Australia and New Caledonia...
(Drury, 1773) - Theretra oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775)
- Theretra queenslandiTheretra queenslandiTheretra queenslandi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland.The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults have light brown forewings with a dark stripe running from the base to the apex. There is a dark dot near the middle of the costa. The hindwings are darker...
(T.P. Lucas, 1891) - Theretra radiosaTheretra radiosaTheretra radiosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea and Queensland.Adults have brown wings with a darker submarginal band, and a dark dot near the centre of the costa of each forewing....
Rothschild & Jordan, 1916 - Theretra silhetensisTheretra silhetensisTheretra silhetensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives in Southeast Asia and the East Indies.The wingspan is 60-72 mm.Larvae have been recorded feeding on Colocasia antiquorum and Ludwigia species in southern China, Colocasia esculenta in Japan, Ludwigia repens and Boerhavia species in...
(Walker, 1856) - Theretra tryoniTheretra tryoniTheretra tryoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea, Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales.The wingspan is about 70 mm. Adults are plain brown, with a few faint dark dots....
(Miskin, 1891) - Theretra turneriTheretra turneriTheretra turneri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland.The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults have light brown forewings with a number of dark brown markings. They have plain brown hindwings....
(T.P. Lucas, 1891) - Zacria vojtechi Haxaire & Melichar, 2003
Smerinthinae
- Ambulyx dohertyiAmbulyx dohertyiAmbulyx dohertyi is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland.It is similar to Ambulyx moorei and Ambulyx semifervens but the greenish olive stripe across tegula is sharply defined and broader, continued onto the metanotum as a...
Rothschild, 1894 - Ambulyx wildeiAmbulyx wildeiAmbulyx wildei is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea and Queensland.The wingspan is about 110 mm. It is similar to Ambulyx substrigilis but the submarginal line of the forewing upperside is running closer to the margin. Females are deeper brown than males....
Miskin, 1891 - Coenotes eremophilaeCoenotes eremophilaeCoenotes eremophilae is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.The wingspan is about 50 mm...
(T.P. Lucas, 1891) - Coequosa australasiaeCoequosa australasiaeCoequosa australasiae is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria....
(Donovan, 1805) - Coequosa triangularisCoequosa triangularisThe Double Headed Hawk Moth is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland.The wingspan is about 130 mm, making it Australia's largest Hawk Moth...
(Donovan, 1805) - Hopliocnema brachycera (Lower, 1897)
- Imber tropicusImber tropicusImber tropicus is a moth of the Sphingidae family and only member of the Imber genus. It was described by Moulds in 1983. It is found in the tropical north of Australia, including the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia....
Moulds, 1983 - Synoecha marmorata (T.P. Lucas, 1891)
- Tetrachroa edwardsi (Olliff, 1890)
Sphinginae
- Agrius convolvuliAgrius convolvuliThe Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Agrius convolvuli, is a large hawkmoth. It is common throughout Europe, Africa and Australia.-Description and habits:The wingspan is 80-105 mm...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Agrius godartiAgrius godartiAgrius godarti is a moth in the family Sphingidae which is found inland in the northern half of Australia, including Queensland and New South Wales.They have a wingspan of about 80 mm...
W.S. Macleay, 1826 - Leucomonia bethia (Kirby, 1877)
- Meganoton rufescens (Butler, 1875)
- Psilogramma argosPsilogramma argosPsilogramma argos is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Western Australia, the Northern Territory and northern Queensland.Adults have long, narrow pale grey wings, with black markings. The abdomen is grey, with no dark dorsal line....
Moulds & Lane, 1999 - Psilogramma casuarinaePsilogramma casuarinaeThe Australasian Privet Hawk Moth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland....
(Walker, 1856) (previously misidentified as Psilogramma menephronPsilogramma menephronThe Privet Hawk Moth is a member of the Family Sphingidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, India , Nepal, central and southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. Psilogramma casuarinae from eastern Australia was long treated as a synonym, but is now thought to be a distinct species...
(Cramer, 1780)) - Psilogramma incretaPsilogramma incretaPsilogramma increta is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from north-eastern China, Japan and Korea, south and east through China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Peninsular Malaysia, to the Greater Sunda Islands, west through Burma, Nepal and India to Kashmir...
(Walker, 1865) - Psilogramma exiguaPsilogramma exiguaPsilogramma exigua is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from western Australia....
Brechlin, Lane & Kitching, 2010 - Psilogramma koalaePsilogramma koalaePsilogramma koalae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland....
Eitschberger, 2001 - Psilogramma gloriosaPsilogramma gloriosaPsilogramma gloriosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland....
Eitschberger, 2001 - Psilogramma maxmouldsiPsilogramma maxmouldsiPsilogramma maxmouldsi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland....
Eitschberger, 2001 - Psilogramma nebulosaPsilogramma nebulosaPsilogramma nebulosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland....
Butler, 1876 - Psilogramma papuensisPsilogramma papuensisPsilogramma papuensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea and north-eastern Australia.-Subspecies:*Psilogramma papuensis papuensis...
Brechlin, 2001 - Psilogramma penumbraPsilogramma penumbraPsilogramma penumbra is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Northern Territory and Western Australia....
Lane, Moulds & Tuttle, 2011