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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Bombycoidea » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Sphinginae

Subfamily Sphinginae

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Northern Apple Sphinx - Sphinx poecila Catalpa Sphinx - Ceratomia catalpae Rustic sphinx - Manduca rustica Manduca rustica Tobacco Hornworm - Manduca sexta Great Ash Sphinx - Hodges#7802 - Sphinx chersis Giganticus - Manduca sexta Possibly Smith's Sphinx Moth Larva - Sphinx istar
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea
Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)
Subfamily Sphinginae
Numbers
all North American genera in this subfamily belong to the tribe Sphingini
50 species in 12 genera in North America listed at All-Leps
Contributed by Cotinis on 10 December, 2005 - 10:52pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 5 March, 2007 - 9:36pm

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