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

# Small-eyed Sphinx

> Paonias myops — Insetti e ragni. Paonias myops, the small-eyed sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Paonias myops*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13318
- Wikidata: [Q1354807](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1354807)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143446](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143446)

## Names

- en: Small-eyed Sphinx
- fr: Sphinx myope

## Countries with the most observations

US (9453), CA (3469), MX (14)

## Summary

Paonias myops, the small-eyed 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_myops

## Photo

![Small-eyed Sphinx](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-eyed-sphinx/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirko Schoenitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131821463

## Machine access

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