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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Smerinthinae

Subfamily Smerinthinae

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 Smerinthinae

Tribe Smerinthini

Genus Amorpha

Species juglandis - Walnut Sphinx - Hodges#7827

Genus Pachysphinx

Species occidentalis - Western Poplar Sphinx - Hodges#7829
Species modesta - Modest Sphinx - Hodges#7828

Genus Paonias

Species astylus - Huckleberry Sphinx - Hodges#7826
Species excaecata - Blinded Sphinx - Hodges#7824
Species myops - Small-eyed Sphinx - Hodges#7825

Genus Protambulyx

Species carteri - Carter's Sphinx - Hodges #7819
No Taxon strigilis or carteri
Species strigilis - Streaked Sphinx - Hodges#7818

Genus Smerinthus

Species astarte - Smerinthus astarte - Hodges#7822.2
Species cerisyi - One-eyed Sphinx - Hodges#7822
Species jamaicensis - Twin-spotted Sphinx - Hodges#7821
Species ophthalmica - Smerinthus ophthalmica - Hodges#7822.1
Species saliceti - Smerinthus saliceti - Hodges#7823
No Taxon astarte or ophthalmica

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