Smerinthini is a tribe 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 of the family

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 ...

. The genus was erected by

Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species of butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columbus, OH: Published by the autho ...

and

Herbert C. Robinson Herbert Christopher Robinson (4 November 1874 – 20 May 1929) was a British zoologist and ornithologist. He is principally known for conceiving and initiating the major ornithological reference '' The Birds of the Malay Peninsula''. Robinson ...

in 1865.

Taxonomy

*Genus '' Acanthosphinx'' Aurivillius, 1891 *Genus '' Afroclanis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Afrosataspes'' Basquin & Cadiou, 1986 *Genus '' Afrosphinx'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus ''

Agnosia Agnosia is the inability to process sensory information. Often there is a loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss. It is usually ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Amorpha ''Amorpha'' is a genus of plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. All the species are native to North America, from southern Canada, most of the United States (US), and northern Mexico. They are commonly known as false indigo. The name ''Amorpha'' ...

'' Hübner, 1809 *Genus '' Anambulyx'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Andriasa'' Walker, 1856 *Genus '' Avinoffia'' Clark, 1929 *Genus '' Cadiouclanis'' Eitschberger, 2007 *Genus '' Callambulyx'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Ceridia'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Chloroclanis ''Chloroclanis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, ''Chloroclanis virescens'', which is known from forest from west Africa to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya and Tanzania Tanzania (; ), off ...

'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Clanidopsis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Clanis ''Clanis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species *'' Clanis baratana'' Brechlin, 1998 *''Clanis bilineata'' (Walker 1866) *'' Clanis deucalion'' (Walker 1856) *'' Clanis euroa'' Rothschild & Jor ...

'' Hübner, 1819 *Genus '' Coequosa'' Walker, 1856 *Genus ''

Craspedortha ''Craspedortha'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Rudolf Mell Rudolf Emil Mell (1878 in Gera, Thuringia – 1970 in Berlin) was a German zoologist and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera especially ...

'' Mell, 1922 *Genus ''

Cypa ''Cypa'' is a genus of moths in the family 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 ...

'' Walker, 1865 *Genus ''

Cypoides ''Cypoides'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Shōnen Matsumura was a Japanese entomologist. Born in Akashi, Hyōgo, Dr. Shōnen Matsumura established Japan's first course on entomology at Hokkaido Univ ...

'' Matsumura, 1921 *Genus ''

Daphnusa ''Daphnusa'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Francis Walker in 1856. Species *'' Daphnusa ailanti'' (Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopt ...

'' Walker, 1856 *Genus ''

Dargeclanis ''Dargeclanis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, consisting of one species, ''Dargeclanis grandidieri'', which is known from Madagascar and the Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد ...

'' Eitschberger, 2007 *Genus ''

Degmaptera ''Degmaptera'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse S ...

'' Hampson, 1896 *Genus ''

Falcatula ''Falcatula'' is a genus of moths in the family 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 a ...

'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus ''

Grillotius ''Grillotius'' is a genus of moths of the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, ''Grillotius bergeri'', which is known from Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the ...

'' Rougeot, 1973 *Genus ''

Gynoeryx ''Gynoeryx'' is a genus of moths in the family 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 ab ...

'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus ''

Imber Imber is an uninhabited village within the British Army's training area on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England. It lies in an isolated area of the Plain, about west of the A360 road between Tilshead and West Lavington. A linear village, its ...

'' Moulds, Tuttle & Lane, 2010 *Genus ''

Langia :''As (invalidly) established by Tutt in 1906, ''Langia'' refers to the butterfly genus '' Leptotes. ''Langia'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. Species * ''Langia zenzeroides ''Langia zenzeroides'', the apple hawkmoth, is a moth ...

'' Moore, 1872 *Genus ''

Laothoe In Greek mythology, Laothoe (Ancient Greek: Λαοθόη) can refer to the following women: *Laothoe, consort of King Porthaon of Calydon and mother of Sterope, Stratonice and Eurythemiste. *Laothoe or Antianeira, daughter of Menetus (Meretus), ...

'' Fabricius, 1807 *Genus ''

Larunda Larunda (also Larunde, Laranda, Lara) was a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's ''Fasti''.Ovid, '' Fasti 2''V. 599 Mythology The only known mythography attached to Lara is little, late and poetic, coming to us from Ovid's ''Fasti ...

'' Kernbach, 1954 *Genus '' Leptoclanis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Leucophlebia'' Westwood, 1847 *Genus '' Likoma'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Lophostethus'' Butler, 1876 *Genus '' Lycosphingia'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Malgassoclanis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus ''

Marumba ''Marumba'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae Species description, first described by Frederic Moore in 1882. Species *''Marumba amboinicus'' (C. Felder, 1861) *''Marumba cristata'' (Butler, 1875) *''Marumba diehli'' Roesler & Kuppers ...

'' Moore, 1882 *Genus '' Microclanis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Mimas'' Hübner, 1819 *Genus '' Morwennius'' Cassidy, Allen & Harman, 2002 *Genus '' Neoclanis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Neopolyptychus'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Opistoclanis'' Jordan, 1929 *Genus '' Oplerclanis'' Eitschberger, 2007 *Genus '' Pachysphinx'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Paonias ''Paonias'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species *'' Paonias astylus'' (Drury 1773) *''Paonias excaecatus'' (J. E. Smith 1797) *''Paonias macrops'' Gehlen, 1933 *''Paonias myops'' (J. E. ...

'' Hübner, 1819 *Genus '' Parum'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Phyllosphingia'' Swinhoe, 1897 *Genus '' Phylloxiphia'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Pierreclanis'' Eitschberger, 2007 *Genus '' Platysphinx'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Poliodes'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Polyptychoides'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Polyptychopsis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Polyptychus'' Hübner, 1819 *Genus '' Pseudandriasa'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Pseudoclanis'' Rothschild, 1894 *Genus '' Pseudopolyptychus'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Rhadinopasa'' Karsch, 1891 *Genus '' Rhodambulyx'' Mell, 1939 *Genus '' Rhodoprasina'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Rufoclanis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Sataspes'' Moore, 1858 *Genus '' Smerinthulus'' Huwe, 1895 *Genus ''

Smerinthus ''Smerinthus'' is a Holarctic genus of hawkmoths in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Adults have conspicuous eyespots on the hindwings. Species *'' Smerinthus astarte'' Strecker, 885/small> *'' Smerint ...

'' Latreille, 1802 *Genus '' Viriclanis'' Aarvik, 1999 *Genus '' Xenosphingia'' Jordan, 1920

Gallery

Agnosia orneus MHNT CUT 2010 0 231 Dehra Dun female.jpg, ''

'' Anambulyx elwesi MHNT CUT 2010 0 146 Chiang Mai, Thailand, male.jpg, '' Anambulyx'' Callambulyx amanda MHNT CUT 2010 0 14 Malaisie femelle.jpg, '' Callambulyx '' Clanidopsis exusta MHNT CUT 2010 0 231 Nainital district, Uttarakhand, India, female.jpg, '' Clanidopsis'' Clanis undulosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 23 Pulau Assan Indonesia.jpg, ''

'' Coequosa australasiae MHNT CUT 2010 0 361, Paluma Range National Park, Australia, male.jpg, '' Coequosa'' Craspedortha porphyria MHNT CUT 2010 0 99 male Thong Pha Phum National Park Thailand.jpg, ''

'' Cypa decolor MHNT CUT 2010 0 219 Sanpatang Chiang Mai Thailand male.jpg, ''

'' Cypoides chinensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 219 Lushan Spa (Nantou Hsien) Taiwan male.jpg, ''

'' Daphnusa ocellaris MHNT CUT 2010 0 125 Ban Kheum Laos male.jpg, ''

'' Langia zenzeroides zenzeroides MHNT CUT 2010 0 Khasi Hills Assam male.jpg, ''

'' Laothoe populi MHNT.jpg, ''

'' Leucophlebia lineata MHNT CUT 2010 0 150 Dolok Merangir Nord Sumatra male.jpg, '' Leucophlebia'' Marumba cristata cristata MHNT CUT 2010 0 123 Himachal Pradesh male.jpg, ''

'' Mimas tiliae MHNT male.jpg, '' Mimas'' Morwennius decoratus MHNT CUT 2010 0 124 Sanpatong Chiang Mai female.jpg, '' Morwennius'' Opistoclanis hawkeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 175 Wuang Nuea Lampang Thailande male.jpg, '' Opistoclanis'' Pachysphinx modesta MHNT CUT 2010 0 119 Marathon Co Wisconsin femal.jpg, '' Pachysphinx'' Paonias excaecatus MHNT CUT 2010 0 222 Georgia USA male.jpg, ''

'' Parum colligata MHNT CUT 2010 0 180 Chiang Mai Thailand male.jpg, '' Parum'' Phyllosphingia dissimilis dissimilis MHNT CUT 2010 0 199 North Korea male.jpg, '' Phyllosphingia'' Polyptychus chinensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 20 Taiwan male.jpg, '' Polyptychus'' Rhodambulyx schnitzleri MHNT CUT 2010 0 199 Chang Mai Thailand male.jpg, '' Rhodambulyx'' Rhodoprasina callantha MHNT CUT 2010 0 227 Doi Inthanon Chiang Maï Thailand male.jpg, '' Rhodoprasina'' Sataspes infernalis MHNT CUT 2010 0 137 India male.jpg, '' Sataspes'' Smerinthulus olivacea MHNT CUT 2010 0 244 Malesia male.jpg, '' Smerinthulus'' Smerinthus ocellatus MHNT Female.jpg,

References

{{Taxonbar , from=Q1841809 Smerinthinae Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote Taxa named by Herbert C. Robinson