page_title: List of Lepidoptera of Hawaii
section_title: Sphingidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of Lepidoptera of Hawaii / Macro moths / Sphingidae
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Theretra nessus - Dorsalansicht Sammlung des Mathematikers Laurent SchwartzEnglish&#x3a;&#32; Yam hawk moth - Dorsal side Face dorsale Collection of the Mathematician Laurent SchwartzFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Theretra nessus - Face dorsale Collection du mathématicien Laurent Schwartz
context_page_description: An estimated 1,150 species of Lepidoptera, the order comprising butterflies and moths, have been recorded in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Of these, 948 are endemic and 199 are nonindigenous species.
  This page provides a link to either individual species or genera. The latter is used when all species of the genus are endemic to Hawaii, the individual species can be found on the genus page.
context_section_description: Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
  Clanis phalaris (Cramer, 1777)
  Daphnis torenia Druce, 1882
  Deilephila nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Gnathothlibus erotus (Cramer, 1777)
  Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775)
  Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892)
  Hyles calida (Butler, 1881)
  Hyles calida calida
  Hyles calida hawaiiensis
  Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775)
  Hyles perkinsi (Swezey, 1920)
  Hyles wilsoni (Rothschild, 1894)
  Macroglossum pyrrhostictum Butler, 1875
  Manduca blackburni (Butler, 1880)
  ?Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth, 1803)
  Psilogramma increta (Walker 1865) (formerly misidentified as Psilogramma menephron)
  Sphingonaepiopsis pumilio (Boisduval, [1875])
  Theretra nessus (Drury, 1773)
  Tinostoma smaragditis (Meyrick, 1899)
caption: Theretra nessus
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