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title: "Modest Sphinx"
description: "Pachysphinx modesta — Insecten en spinnen. Pachysphinx modesta, the modest sphinx or poplar sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/modest-sphinx
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Modest Sphinx

> Pachysphinx modesta — Insecten en spinnen. Pachysphinx modesta, the modest sphinx or poplar sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Pachysphinx modesta*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 10189
- Wikidata: [Q1380103](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1380103)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143445](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143445)

## Names

- en: Modest Sphinx
- fr: Sphinx du peuplier

## Countries with the most observations

CA (5557), US (3961)

## Summary

Pachysphinx modesta, the modest sphinx or poplar sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/366151755

## Machine access

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