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

Subfamily Smerinthinae

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sphinx caterpillar - Amorpha juglandis 4th instar Smerinthus jamaicensis - Smerinthus jamaicensis Walnut Sphinx early instar - Amorpha juglandis Walnut Sphinx early instar - Amorpha juglandis Walnut with camo - Amorpha juglandis Blinded Sphinx - Paonias excaecatus Small-eyed Sphinx - Paonias myops Unknown Green Caterpillar - Smerinthus cerisyi
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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 Smerinthinae
Numbers
all North American genera in this subfamily belong to the tribe Smerinthini
16 species in 6 genera in North America listed at All-Leps
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 March, 2006 - 2:50am
Last updated 5 March, 2007 - 9:38pm

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