SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION:
The subfamily SPHINGINAE are separated from other hawk moths on the technical
grounds of having no sensory hairs on the inner surface of the first
segment of the labial palps.
JAMAICAN SPECIES:
I catalogue 10 species in this subfamily from Jamaica, 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 Agrius
The genus Cocytius
The genus Manduca
The genus Nannoparce
The genus Protambulyx
The genus Adhaemarius