Sphingidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Ditrysia Sectio: Cossina Subsectio: Bombycina Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamiliae: Macroglossinae - Smerinthinae - Sphinginae

References

• Becker, V.O. & S.E. Miller, 2002: The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers (Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Noctuidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, Hyblaeidae, Cossidae). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56 (1): 9-44. Full article: [1].
• Cadiou, J.-M., 1995: Seven new species of Sphingidae. Lambillionea XCV 4 déc.: 499-515.
• Chu, H.F. & Y. Wang, 1980: New species and new subspecies of the family Shingidae (Lepidoptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 5 (4): 418-426.
• Clark, B.P., 1917: New American Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England zoological Club 6: 57-72.
• Clark, B.P., 1917: New American Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England zoological Club 6: 99-114.
• Clark, B.P., 1922: Twenty-five new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England zoological Club 8: 1-23.
• Clark, B.P., 1923: Thirty-three new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England zoological Club 8: 47-77.
• Clark, B.P., 1924: Twelve new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England zoological Club 9: 11-21.
• Hogenes, W. & C.G. Treadaway, 1998: The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Supplement 17: 17-132.
• Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum.[2]
• Kitching, I.J. & Cadiou, J.-M. 2000. Hawkmoths of the world: an annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist. Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
• Yen, Shen-Horn , Ian J. Kitching & Chao-Shian Tzen, 2003: A new subspecies of hawkmoth from Lanyu, with a revised and annotated checklist of the Taiwanese Sphingidae (Lepidoptera). Zoological Studies 42 (2): 292-306. Full article: [3]

Vernacular names

Српски / Srpski: Вјештице
Deutsch: Schwärmer
Nederlands: Pijlstaarten
日本語: スズメガ科
Polski: zawisakowate
Suomi: Kiitäjät
Українська: Бражники

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