The Smerinthinae 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 ...
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Smerinthinae taxonomy
*Tribe
Ambulycini
Ambulycini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876.
Taxonomy
*Genus '' Adhemarius'' Oitiaca, 1939
*Genus ''Akbesia'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
*Genus ''Ambulyx'' Westwood, 1847
*Genus '' A ...
*Tribe
Smerinthini
Smerinthini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Herbert C. Robinson in 1865.
Taxonomy
*Genus '' Acanthosphinx'' Aurivillius, 1891
*Genus '' Afroclanis'' Carcasson, 1968
*Genus '' ...
*Tribe
Sphingulini
Sphingulini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae. The tribe was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Taxonomy
*Genus '' Coenotes'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
*Genus '' Dolbina'' Staudinger, 1877
*Genus '' Hopliocnema ...
References
Sphingidae of the World Checklist All-Leps Barcode of Life
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Moth subfamilies
Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Taxa named by Coleman Townsend Robinson