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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea)

Superfamily Bombycoidea - Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths

American Silkworm Moths · Sphinx Moths · Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

Family Apatelodidae - American Silkworm Moths
Caterpillar - My hero - Eats Chinese privet! - Apatelodes torrefacta Unknown Madera Canyon Moth - Apatelodes pudefacta Spotted Apatelodes Moth - Apatelodes torrefacta Mothra ??? - Apatelodes torrefacta Moth to porch light - Apatelodes torrefacta Hairy White Caterpillar - Apatelodes torrefacta White Shaggy Caterpillar - Apatelodes torrefacta Apatelodes torrefacta

Family Sphingidae - Sphinx Moths
Northern Apple Sphinx - Sphinx poecila - female Sphinx - Darapsa choerilus Abbott's Sphinx? - Sphecodina abbottii - male White-lined Sphinx Moth - Hyles lineata White/Black Horned Caterpillar - Lintneria eremitus Brown moth, beaked head, upraised abdomen - Deidamia inscriptum Southern Pine Sphinx? - Lapara Smerinthus jamaicensis

Family Saturniidae - Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths
Imperial Moth - Eacles imperialis June 2011 - Hemileuca maia Is this Hemileuca? - Coloradia doris early instar polyphemus - Antheraea polyphemus Luna Moth - Actias luna - male Green Caterpillar with ornage bumps and spikes - Antheraea polyphemus Possible Anisota senatoria - Anisota virginiensis - female Lépidoptère - Dryocampa rubicunda - male


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