Bug FAQTitan Sphinx
Aellopos titan · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Sphingidae
No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
The Titan Sphinx has a wingspan of roughly 55 to 65 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Wingspan measures about 55 to 65 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Found from Maine, USA, across Central America to Argentina and Uruguay.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 26 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri.
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Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Sphingidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aellopos_titan
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.