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Sphinx
genus of insects
Euryglottis
Euryglottis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.
Sphingini
Sphingini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae. The tribe was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
Dovania
Dovania is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903
Meganoton
Meganoton is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
Sagenosoma elsa
Sagenosoma is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, the elsa sphinx moth (Sagenosoma elsa), which is known from the south-western United States (Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah and Colorado) and northern Mexico.
Praedora
Praedora is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Dolbogene
Dolbogene is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Dolbogene hartwegii, or '''Hartweg's sphinx''', was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found from Texas and southern Arizona to Mexico and Guatemala. Only a small number have been caught and not much is known about the biology of this species.
Lapara
genus of insects
Paratrea plebeja
Paratrea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1903. Its sole species, Paratrea plebeja, commonly known as the plebeian sphinx moth, was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777. This species is found in the eastern part of the United States extending westward to Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and eastern Texas.
Lapara bombycoides
species of insect
Lapara coniferarum
species of insect
Apocalypsis velox
species of moth
Poliana
genus of insects
Psilogramma
Psilogramma is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
Hoplistopus
Hoplistopus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Neococytius cluentius
Neococytius is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ronald W. Hodges in 1971. Its only species, Neococytius cluentius, the Cluentius sphinx, was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775 as Sphinx cluentius. It is found in northern South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. It is rare on Cuba. It has been recorded in North America, from Mississippi north to Michigan and Illinois.
Amphimoea
Amphimoea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Amphimoea walkeri, the Darwin hawkmoth, described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875, is found from Mexico south to Argentina.
Macropoliana
Macropoliana is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968. It is found in Central and Southern Africa.
Pseudodolbina
Pseudodolbina is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild in 1894.
Dolba hyloeus
Dolba is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Francis Walker in 1856. Its only species, Dolba hyloeus, the pawpaw sphinx, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.
Neogene (genus)
genus of moths in the Sphingidae family
Isoparce cupressi
species of insect
Xanthopan
Xanthopan is a monotypic genus of sphinx moth, with Xanthopan morganii (often misspelled as "morgani"), commonly called '''Morgan's sphinx moth', as its sole species. It is a very large sphinx moth from Southern Africa (Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi) and Madagascar. Little is known about its biology, though the adults have been found to visit orchids and are one of the main pollinators of several of the Madagascar endemic baobab (Adansonia) species, such as Adansonia perrieri'', or Perrier's baobab.
Panogena
Panogena is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Isoparce
Isoparce is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Nannoparce
Nannoparce is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Leucomonia
Leucomonia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Leucomonia bethia, which is known from New South Wales and Queensland.
Praedora plagiata
species of insect
Pantophaea
Pantophaea is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Karl Jordan in 1946.
Dovania neumanni
species of insect
Pseudodolbina fo
species of moth
Poliana buchholzi
species of insect
Amphonyx
Amphonyx is a genus of hawkmoths in the family Sphingidae erected by Felipe Poey in 1832.
Ellenbeckia
Ellenbeckia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, consisting of one species Ellenbeckia monospila, which is known from arid areas in Kenya and Somalia.
Dovania poecila
species of moth
Litosphingia corticea
species of moth
Praedora leucophaea
species of insect
Lapara phaeobrachycerous
species of insect
Pantophaea jordani
species of insect
Pseudodolbina aequalis
species of insect
Oligographa
Oligographa is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species Oligographa juniperi, which is known from South Africa and Mozambique. The species is commonly known as the juniper hawk moth.
Poliana wintgensi
species of insect
Panogena lingens
species of moth
Nannoparce balsa
species of insect
Hoplistopus penricei
species of insect
Praedora marshalli
species of insect
Panogena jasmini
species of moth
Pantophaea favillacea
species of insect
Hoplistopus butti
species of insect
Poliana leucomelas
species of insect
Thamnoecha
Thamnoecha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Thamnoecha uniformis, first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875, is known from the Himalayas.
Litosphingia
Litosphingia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Karl Jordan in 1920.
Ihlegramma
Ihlegramma is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae containing only one known species, Ihlegramma ihlei, which is known from northern Laos. Both the genus and species were first described by Ulf Eitschberger in 2003 and are named for , the collector of the type series.
Lintneria
Lintneria is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing the following species:
Sphingidites weidneri
Sphingidites is an extinct and monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae. Its only species is Sphingidites weidneri. It is a compression fossil of a prepupal larva. Both the genus and species were first described by Kurt Kernbach in 1967. The fossil was found at Willershausen clay pit in Germany and it was dated to the Pliocene.
Pantophaea oneili
species of insect
Lapara halicarnie
species of insect
Nannoparce poeyi
species of insect
Poliana micra
species of insect