The Macroglossinae are a subfamily of
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, bu ...
moths in the order
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
. The subfamily is divided into three tribes:
Dilophonotini
Dilophonotini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Hermann Burmeister in 1878.
Taxonomy
* Subtribe Dilophonotina Burmeister, 1878
** Genus '' Aellopos'' Hübner, 1819
** Genus '' Aleuron'' Boisduval, 1870
** Genus '' Baniw ...
,
Macroglossini
Macroglossini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.
Taxonomy
* Subtribe Choerocampina Grote & Robinson, 1865
**Genus '' Basiothia'' Walker, 1856
**Genus '' Cechenena'' Rothschild & Jordan, ...
and
Philampelini.
References
Sphingidae of the World Checklist All-Leps Barcode of Life
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Moth subfamilies