Smerinthinae
Smerinthinae | |
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Laothoe populi Species type for Smerinthinae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
(unranked): | Macrolepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Subfamily: | Smerinthinae Grote & Robinson, 1865 |
Type species | |
Laothoe populi Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Diversity | |
77 genera, roughly 329 species |
The Smerinthinae are a sub-family of Sphingidae moths in the order Lepidoptera.
Smerinthinae Taxonomy
- Tribe Ambulycini
- Tribe Smerinthini
- Tribe Sphingulini
References
- Sphingidae of the World Checklist, All-Leps Barcode of Life
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