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title: "Blinded Sphinx"
description: "Paonias excaecata — Insetti e ragni. Paonias excaecata, the blinded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blinded-sphinx
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blinded Sphinx

> Paonias excaecata — Insetti e ragni. Paonias excaecata, the blinded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Paonias excaecata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 22176
- Wikidata: [Q2284716](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2284716)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49716](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49716)

## Names

- en: Blinded Sphinx
- fr: Sphinx aveugle

## Countries with the most observations

US (13349), CA (7429)

## Summary

Paonias excaecata, the blinded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paonias_excaecatus

## Photo

![Blinded Sphinx](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blinded-sphinx/medium.jpg)

Photo: Parks Canada / Parcs Canada / Cape Breton / Cap-Breton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9413092

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blinded-sphinx?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).