SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION
The subfamily MACROGLOSSINAE - unlike the Sphinginae - have a patch
of sensory hairs on the inner surface of the first segment of the labial palps.
GRENADINES SPECIES
I catalogue 14 species in this subfamily from the Grenadines, as listed below -
please click on any underlined species names to go to a colour
illustration of the adult
(and sometimes its genitalia) and brief information on
the species.
The genus Pseudosphinx
The genus Erinnyis
The genus Pachylia
The genus Madoryx
The genus Enyo
The genus Perigonia
The genus Aellopos
The genus Eumorpha
The genus Xylophanes