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

Genus Eumorpha

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Pandorus Sphinx - Eumorpha pandorus Fresh Specimen - Eumorpha labruscae - female Moth - Eumorpha labruscae ? Sphinx Moth, Family Sphingidae ? - Eumorpha pandorus Eumorpha labruscae Q Moth by Donald Powell - Eumorpha fasciatus Eumorpha typhon 7863? - Eumorpha typhon My
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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 Macroglossinae
Tribe Macroglossini
Genus Eumorpha
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1807 by Jacob Hübner
Explanation of Names
from Greek eumorphos (ευμορφος)- "fair of form"
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 10 North American species in genus.
Internet References
NCSU Entomology collection has three species in that genus with specimens from North Carolina, with number pinned: E. achemon (19), fasciata (37), pandorus (44).
Contributed by Cotinis on 26 May, 2004 - 1:41pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 2 August, 2010 - 7:45am

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