One-eyed Sphinx Moth

Le genre Smerinthus regroupe des insectes lépidoptères de la famille des Sphingidae, sous-famille des Smerinthinae et de la tribu des Smerinthini. Systématique Le genre Smerinthus a été décrit par l'entomologiste français Pierre André Latreille, en 1802. L'espèce type pour le genre est Smerinthus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758).

Smerinthus cerisyi, the one-eyed sphinx or Cerisy's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by William Kirby who named the species in honor of Alexandre Louis Lefèbvre de Cérisy in 1837. Distribution It is known from south-eastern Alaska, the southern parts of all Canadian provinces and in the northern border states of the United States south into northern Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio and along the west coast to southern California, eastward to the Rocky Mountains and into western New Mexico north to western North Dakota.

Smerinthus es un género de mariposas de la familia Sphingidae.