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Genus Sphinx

Apple Sphinx (Sphinx gordius) - Sphinx poecila Great Ash Sphinx - Hodges#7802 - Sphinx chersis Great Ash Sphinx - Sphinx franckii unkn moth - Sphinx dollii Sphinx drupiferarum Sphingidae - Sphinx kalmiae - male Sphinx chersis? - Sphinx asellus Sphinx drupiferarum
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)
Subfamily Sphinginae
Tribe Sphingini
Genus Sphinx
Explanation of Names
Named for the resemblance of the larvae to the Egyptian Sphinx. (1)
Numbers
Sixteen species of the genus Sphinx are listed for America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Print References
Tuttle, J.P. 2007. The Hawk Moths of North America. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation Inc. p. 88; pl. 6.1, 4. (2)