tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
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 tribe was described by
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom ...
Ceratomia
''Ceratomia'' is a genus of hawkmoths (family Sphingidae). The genus was erected by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839. Species include:
Species
*'' Ceratomia amyntor'' (Geyer 1835)
*''Ceratomia catalpae'' (Boisduval 1875)
*'' Ceratomia hageni'' G ...
Lapara
Lapara is a town in the Boromo Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 2648.Leucomonia''
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Lintneria
''Lintneria'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing the following species:
*'' Lintneria arthuri'' (Rothschild, 1897)
*''Lintneria aurigutta'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
*'' Lintneria balsae'' ( Schaus, 1932)
*'' Lintneria bio ...
Manduca
''Manduca'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, the hawkmoths. The genus is used as a model in the biological sciences. The tobacco hornworm (''Manduca sexta'') and the tomato hornworm (''M. quinquemaculata'') in particular have been w ...
Neogene
The Neogene ( ), informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary, is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago ( Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period Mya. ...
Sphinx
A sphinx ( , grc, σφίγξ , Boeotian: , plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon.
In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches of ...
Ceratomia
''Ceratomia'' is a genus of hawkmoths (family Sphingidae). The genus was erected by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839. Species include:
Species
*'' Ceratomia amyntor'' (Geyer 1835)
*''Ceratomia catalpae'' (Boisduval 1875)
*'' Ceratomia hageni'' G ...
Lapara
Lapara is a town in the Boromo Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 2648.Lintneria
''Lintneria'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing the following species:
*'' Lintneria arthuri'' (Rothschild, 1897)
*''Lintneria aurigutta'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
*'' Lintneria balsae'' ( Schaus, 1932)
*'' Lintneria bio ...
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Manduca
''Manduca'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, the hawkmoths. The genus is used as a model in the biological sciences. The tobacco hornworm (''Manduca sexta'') and the tomato hornworm (''M. quinquemaculata'') in particular have been w ...
Sphinx
A sphinx ( , grc, σφίγξ , Boeotian: , plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon.
In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches of ...