About Hemaris diffinis Boisduval, 1836
Hemaris diffinis Boisduval, 1836, commonly known as the snowberry clearwing, is a moth species belonging to the family Sphingidae. It is sometimes referred to as "hummingbird moth" or "flying lobster", and should not be confused with the European hummingbird hawk-moth. This moth is distributed across Canada, where it occurs in the Northwest Territories, British Columbia (including the Cariboo region of British Columbia), southern Ontario, eastern Manitoba, and western Quebec. In the United States, it has been found in southern California, and ranges east from Maine, West Virginia, and Illinois to Florida across most of the country; it is also present in Baja California Norte. The larvae of Hemaris diffinis feed on a range of plants, including dogbane (Apocynum), Lonicera, Viburnum, Amsonia, Triosteum, Diervilla, and Symphoricarpos.
