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Smerinthus
Sign in to saveSmerinthus 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
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilySphingidae
Observations recorded119,188
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 174
- With media
- 58
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Collections
- MSU, UMNH, EMEC, ANSP, OMNH, MNA
- Recorded in
- United States, China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Smerinthini
- Image
- Smerinthus ocellatus MHNT Female dos.jpg
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- Category:Smerinthus
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- Nomenclatural note
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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.
The pattern and coloration of the forewing typically resembles dried leaves rather than tree bark as in many other sphinx moths. While larvae feed on a variety of host plants, adults have reduced or absent mouthparts and do not feed at all.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Smerinthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.