''Laothoe'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family Sphingidae first distinguished by

Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is cons ...

in 1807.

Species

*'' Laothoe amurensis'' ( Staudinger, 1892) *'' Laothoe austanti'' (Staudinger, 1877) *''

Laothoe habeli ''Laothoe habeli'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae found in China. In Shaanxi, it is found at elevations between 1,500 and 1,900 meters; in Sichuan it is found up to 2,400 meters. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an ...

'' Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Borth, 2010 *''

Laothoe philerema ''Laothoe philerema'', the Pamir poplar hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Alexander Michailovitsch Djakonov in 1923. It is known from eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and easte ...

'' ( Djakonov, 1923) *''

Laothoe populeti ''Laothoe populeti'' is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from eastern Turkey and Armenia, through north-eastern Iraq, the Iranian plateau and the central Asian republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, ...

'' (Bienert, 1870) *''

Laothoe populetorum ''Laothoe populetorum'' is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Kyrgyzstan. It is mostly treated as a variety or form of ''Laothoe populi ''Laothoe populi'', the poplar hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The ...

'' (Staudinger, 1887) *''

Laothoe populi ''Laothoe populi'', the poplar hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East and ...

'' ( Linnaeus,

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

) Laothoe amurensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 391 Ussuri, Vladiwostock occ., Sutschanski-Rudnik, Russia, male.jpg, '' Laothoe amurensis'' Laothoe austauti MHNT CUT 2010 0 202 Khenchela Algeria female.jpg, ''

Laothoe austauti ''Laothoe austanti'', the Maghreb poplar hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1877. It is known from the Atlas Mountains and coastal plains of Morocco, northern Algeria and Tunisia ...

'' Laothoe populi MHNT.jpg, ''

References

Smerinthini Moth genera Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Smerinthini-stub