Sphinx (genus)

Sphinx
Sphinx ligustri - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Subfamily:	Sphinginae
Tribe:	Sphingini
Genus:	Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Spectrum Scopoli, 1777 Mesosphinx Cockerell, 1920 Lethia Hübner, 1819 Hyloicus Hübner, 1819 Hyloecus Kuznetsova, 1906 Hyloecus Agassiz, 1846 Herse Oken, 1815 Herse Agassiz, 1846 Gargantua Kirby, 1892

Sphinx is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing the following species:

• S. adumbrata (Dyar, 1912)
• S. asella (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• S. caligineus (Butler, 1877)
• S. canadensis (Boisduval, 1875)
• S. centrosinaria Kitching & Jin, 1998
• S. chersis (Hubner, 1823)
• S. chisoya (Schaus, 1932)
• S. constricta Butler, 1885
• S. crassistriga (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• S. dollii Neumoegen, 1881
• S. drupiferarum JE Smith, 1797
• S. formosana Riotte, 1970
• S. franckii Neumoegen, 1893
• S. gordius Cramer, 1779
• S. kalmiae JE Smith, 1797
• S. leucophaeata Clemens, 1859
• S. libocedrus Edwards, 1881
• S. ligustri Linnaeus, 1758
• S. luscitiosa Clemens, 1859
• S. maurorum (Jordan, 1931)
• S. morio (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• S. nogueirai Haxaire, 2002
• S. oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• S. perelegans Edwards, 1874
• S. pinastri Linnaeus, 1758
• S. poecila Stephens, 1828
• S. sequoiae Boisduval, 1868
• S. vashti Strecker, 1878