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Subfamily Sphinginae

Sphinx eremitus - Lintneria eremitus - female Illinois data point - Ceratomia undulosa Sphinx sequoiae - Hodges#7814 (Sphinx sequoiae) - Sphinx sequoiae Carolina Sphinx or Five Spotted Hawkmoth - Manduca sexta - female Paw Paw Sphinx Moth - Hodges #7784 - Dolba hyloeus Incense Cedar Sphinx - Hodges #7804 - Sphinx libocedrus Sphinx kalmiae Sphingidae - Sphinx kalmiae - male
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sphinginae Latreille, [1802]
Explanation of Names
Sphinginae from the type genus Sphinx (Linnaeus), for the Egyptian Sphinx.
Numbers
All North American genera in this subfamily belong to the tribe Sphingini. 50 species in 12 genera in North America.