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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
SPHINGOIDEA
(hawk or sphinx moths)
SPHINGIDAE
(hawk or sphinx moths)
Sphingidae
is also a member of:
Macrolepidoptera
(via Sphingoidea)
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

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SPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #refs
Species Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) (Death's Head Hawk-moth)   28  
Species Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) (Convolvulus Hawk-moth)   4  
Species Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758) (Elephant Hawk-moth)   73  
Species Deilephila porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Small Elephant Hawk-moth)   14  
Genus Hemaris (bee hawks) 2    
Species Hemaris fuciformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Broad-bordered Bee Hawk)   4 2
Species Hemaris tityus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk)     2
Species Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Silver-striped Hawk-moth)     1
Genus Hyles (a genus of hawk-moths) 2    
Species Hyles galii (Rottemburg, 1775) (Bedstraw Hawk-moth)     1
Subspecies Hyles lineata livornica (Esper, 1780) (Striped Hawk-moth)     1
Species Hyloicus pinastri (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pine Hawk-moth)   8  
Species Laothoë populi (Linnaeus, 1758) (Poplar Hawk-moth)   32  
Species Mimas tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lime Hawk-moth)   31 1
Species Smerinthus ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Eyed Hawk-moth)   4 1
Species Sphinx ligustri (Linnaeus, 1758) (Privet Hawk-moth)   6 1

Suggested Literature

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 general literature references to SPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths)

SPHINGIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)		 SPHINGOIDEA
(hawk or sphinx moths)
Macrolepidoptera (via Sphingoidea)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 36 feeding and other relationships of SPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths)

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