Hawk moths and other moths of Bombycoidea superfamily

Lepidoptera - Ditrysia - Bombycoidea
This room displays photos of hawk moths, emperor moths, silkworm moths and other moths of Bombycoidea superfamily.

Unidentified moths are displayed here.
(L) stands for Larva.

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Oxyambulyx ochracea or Hosoba-Suzume, abt 11cm <Sphingidae>. photo: 07/2001, Yamanashi, Japan.
Kentrochrysalis consimilis or Kuroten-Kenmon-Suzume. abt 6cm <Sphingidae>. photo: 07/2001, Yamanashi, Japan.
Pallid Monkey Moth(?), Parida Oo Obiga or Tagora pallida <Eupterotidae>. photo: 09/2002, Sabah, Malaysia.

Unidentified (possibly Rhagastis mongoliana) (L) <Sphingidae>. photo: 09/2002, Tokyo, Japan.
Theretra japonica [1] or Ko Suzume <Sphingidae>. photo: 09/2003, Tokyo, Japan.
Aglia tau microtau or Ezo Yotsume (wingspan : abt 80mm, Saturniidae). photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.

Unidentified <Eupterotidae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
Rothschildia sp. <Saturniidae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
Automeris sp. [1][2] <Saturniidae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.

Copiopteryx sp. <Saturniidae>. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
Unidentified. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
Automeris sp. [1][2] <Saturniidae>. photo: 08/2004, Foengoe Island, Suriname.

Marumba jankowskii, or Hime Kuchiba Suzume <Sphingidae>. photo: 08/2004, Tokyo, Japan.
Coffee Hawk Moth [1](L), Oo sukashiba or Cephonodes hylas <Sphingidae>. photo: 10/2004, Tokyo, Japan.
Theretra japonica [2] or Ko Suzume <Sphingidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Dolbina tancrei or Sazanami Suzume <Sphingidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.
A Hummingbird Hawk Moth, or Macroglossum sp. <Sphingidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. A Hummingbird Hawk Moth, or Macroglossum sp. <Sphingidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.

A Hummingbird Hawk Moth, or Macroglossum sp. <Sphingidae>. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Coffee Hawk Moth [2], or Cephanodes hylas hylas. <Sphingidae>. photo: 07/2005, Tokyo, Japan. A Hummingbird Hawk Moth [1][2], or Macroglossum pyrrhostica. <Sphingidae>. photo: 09/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Coffee Hawk Moth [3][4], or Cephanodes hylas hylas. <Sphingidae>. photo: 09/2005, Tokyo, Japan. A Hawk Moth (L)[1][2][3], Momo Suzume or Marumba gaschkewitschii echephron <Sphingidae>. photo: 10/2005, Tokyo, Japan.
Actias artemis or O Mizu Ao <Saturniidae - Saturniinae>. photo: 05/2006, Tokyo, Japan.

A Hawk Moth, or Cechenena helops <Sphingidae>. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand. Aglia tau microtau [2] or Ezo Yotsume <Saturniidae>. photo: 05/2006, Tochigi, Japan.
Unidentified. photo: 06/2005, Yamanashi, Japan.

Unidentified. photo: 06/2005, Yamanashi, Japan. Unidentified. photo: 06/2005, Yamanashi, Japan. Unidentified. photo: 06/2005, Yamanashi, Japan.

A Hummingbird Hawk Moth, or Macroglossum sp. <Sphingidae>. photo: 06/2008, Guanziling, Taiwan. Ailanthus Silkmoth, or Samia cynthia <Saturniidae>. photo: 06/2008, Guanziling, Taiwan. back to upper category


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