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title: "Snowberry Clearwing"
description: "Hemaris diffinis — Owady i pająki. Hemaris diffinis, the snowberry clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/snowberry-clearwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Snowberry Clearwing

> Hemaris diffinis — Owady i pająki. Hemaris diffinis, the snowberry clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Hemaris diffinis*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 36474
- Wikidata: [Q612429](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q612429)
- iNaturalist taxon: [358549](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/358549)

## Names

- en: Snowberry Clearwing
- fr: Sphinx du chèvrefeuille

## Countries with the most observations

US (31741), CA (1567)

## Summary

Hemaris diffinis, the snowberry clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. This moth is sometimes called "hummingbird moth" or "flying lobster". This moth should not be confused with the hummingbird hawk-moth of Europe.

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

## Photo

![Snowberry Clearwing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/snowberry-clearwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jessica Parker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223376676

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/snowberry-clearwing?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).