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Sphingidae is a family of insects within the order Lepidoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The family is commonly referred to as hawk moths. It was described by Latreille in 1802 and holds an accepted taxonomic status.
Records for this family are extensive, with over two million occurrences documented. Specific data from iDigBio includes 2,811 records and 1,007 media items, with specimens held by the FLMNH-UF institution in Mexico. The taxon is referenced by 2,108 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
hawk moths
Sphingidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilySphingidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,811
- With media
- 1,007
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Collections
- FLMNH-UF
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bombycoidea
- Image
- Macroglossum stellatarum1 NR.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sphingidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Sphingidae
- taxon common name
- sfinksy
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- taxonomic type
- Sphinx ligustri
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