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Subfamily Sphinginae

Great Ash Sphinx Larva - Manduca rustica

Wild Cherry Sphinx - Hodges#7812 - Sphinx drupiferarum

Trumpet Vine Sphinx & Host - Paratrea plebeja

Pink Spotted Hawkmoth (Agrius cingulata) - Agrius cingulata

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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.

Contributed by Cotinis on 10 December, 2005 - 10:52pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 July, 2014 - 11:31am

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