Genus Sphinx

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

Apple Sphinx (Sphinx gordius) - Sphinx poecila

Great Ash Sphinx - Hodges#7802 - Sphinx chersis

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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)

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	The Hawk Moths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada. James P Tuttle. 2007. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation Inc.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Cotinis on 10 May, 2004 - 11:44am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 June, 2014 - 7:31pm

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