Talk:Sphingidae

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I just observed an american Hummingbird moth, and am thankful for this well written article. One comment though, or question perhaps: The hovering quality of flight is described as an example of convergent evolution, which seems most accurate to me, but is it not also mimicry (the article doesnt mention this at all)? It seems to me (though I'm no biologist) that the resemblance between these moths and hummingbirds goes beyond the way they fly, and that they tend towards the appearance of the common hummingbird enough to fool many birds who would otherwise see them as food, not another bird. Is this likely, unlikely, researched or unresearched? Thanks again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.254.205.53 (talk) 18:00, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Family does not have a type species...

Just a type genus, in this case Sphinx.--Wloveral (talk) 06:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)