Hooktip False Owlet Wild Silk Sphinx Hawk Moth

Biodiversity Catalog of Southwest Virginia

Lepidoptera: Moths

Families  of  Drepanidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae

B=Buchanan

D=Dickenson

R=Russell

       T=Tazewell

Hooktip and False Owlet Moths (Family Drepanidae)

Thumbnail	Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	County
	Hooktip and False Owlet Moths: Family Drepanidae	Oreta rosea	Rose Hooktip	D, R, T

Wild Silk Moths (Family Saturniidae)

Thumbnail	Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	County
	Wild Silk Moths: Family Saturniidae	Actias luna	Luna moth	T
	Wild Silk Moths: Family Saturniidae	Anisota senatoria	Orange-tipped Oakworm Moth	T
	Wild Silk Moths: Family Saturniidae	Antheraea polyphemus	Polyphemus Moth	T
	Wild Silk Moths: Family Saturniidae	Automeris io	Io moth	T
	Wild Silk Moths: Family Saturniidae	Dryocampa rubicuna	Rosy Maple Moth	T
	Wild Silk Moths: Family Saturniidae	Eacles imperialis	Imperial Moth	R

Sphinx Moths and Hawkmoths (Family Sphingidae)

Thumbnail	Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	County
	Sphinx Moths, Hawkmoths: Family Sphingidae	Amorpha julandis	Walnut Spinx	T
	Sphinx Moths, Hawkmoths: Family Sphingidae	Deidamia inscriptum	Lettered Sphinx	T
	Sphinx Moths, Hawkmoths: Family Sphingidae	Hemaris thysbe	Hummingbird Clearwing	R,T
	Sphinx Moths, Hawkmoths: Family Sphingidae	Paonias myops	Small-eyed Sphinx	R,T
	Sphinx Moths, Hawkmoths: Family Sphingidae	Sphinx kalmiae	Laurel sphinx	T
	Sphinx Moths, Hawkmoths: Family Sphingidae	Xylophanes tersa	Tersa Sphinx	R

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