Checklist for Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
and region Christmas Island (Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 127
360
431 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 127
360
431 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 125
358
428 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 78
266
309 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 22
129
161 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 22
129
161 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 22
129
161 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 14
107
139 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 13
104
136 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 2
9
12 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Christmas Island
2 Families width 12 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Christmas Island
9 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Christmas Island
12 Species and 1 Subspecies | Agrius cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Agrius cingulata Fabricius, 1775 | | Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 | Convolvulus hawk moth | | Cephonodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771 | Clearwing hummingbird hawk moth | | Daphnis placida Walker, 1856 | | | Erinnyis penaeus (Fabricius, 1787) | ⇒ Erinnyis oenotrus Cramer, 1780 | | Gnathothlibus erotus Cramer, 1777 | White-brow Hawk Moth | | Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 | Dark striated hawkmoth | | Lemonia balcanica cis Zolotuhin, 1994 | | | Psilogramma discistriga (Walker, 1865) | ⇒ Psilogramma menephron Cramer, 1780 | | Psilogramma menephron Cramer, 1780 | Australian privet hawk moth | | Psilogramma sundana Brechlin, 2001 | | | Theretra latreillii MacLeay, 1826 | Pale Brown Hawk Moth |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Christmas Island
Links, sources and further information Bombycoidea at artfakta.se
Bombycoidea at dyntaxa.se
Bombycoidea at itis.gov
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