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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