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Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
for Cuba (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
465
5746
11359
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
462
5742
11354
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
444
5677
11229
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
275
4553
9134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
66
1782
3783
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
66
1782
3783
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
66
1782
3783
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
24
1121
2509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
21
1063
2397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
4
77
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cuba
4 Families width 187 Species and 15 Subspecies
Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837And Giant Silk Moths52SpeciesTaxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802Hawk Moths114SpeciesTaxom
Bombycidae Latreille, 1802Lappet moths19SpeciesTaxom
Apatelodidae Neumoegen & ..., 1894American Silkworm Moths2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cuba
77 Genera with 187 Species
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Adeloneivaia Travassos, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Adhemarius Oiticica, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aellopos Hübner, 19367SpeciesTaxom
Agrius Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Aleuron Boisduval, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Amphonyx Poey, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Anticla Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Apatelodes Packard, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Arsenura Duncan, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Automeris Hübner, 1886Eyed Silkmoths7SpeciesTaxom
Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758Mulberry silkmoths1SpeciesTaxom
Caio Travassos & ..., 18861SpeciesTaxom
Callionima Lucas, 19207SpeciesTaxom
Cautethia Grote, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Cicia Oiticica, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Citheronia Hübner, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Cocytius Hübner, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Colla Walker, 17822SpeciesTaxom
Copaxa Walker, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Deilephila Laspeyres, 18091SpeciesTaxom
Drepatelodes Draudt, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Dysdaemonia Hübner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Eacles Hübner, 1889Imperial Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Enyo Hübner, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Ephoria Walker, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Epia Hübner, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Epiphora Wallengren, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Erinnyis Hübner, 186512SpeciesTaxom
Eumorpha Hübner, 17589SpeciesTaxom
Eupyrrhoglossum Grote, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Gamelia Hübner, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Grammodia Rothschild &..., 19031SpeciesTaxom
Hemaris Dalman, 1758Bee hawk-moths1SpeciesTaxom
Hemeroplanes Hübner, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Hyles Hübner, 17793SpeciesTaxom
Hylesia Hübner, 19118SpeciesTaxom
Hyperchiria Hübner, 17791SpeciesTaxom
Isognathus Felder & Felder, 17805SpeciesTaxom
Leucanella Lemaire, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Lintneria Butler, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Lonomia Walker, 1971Giant Silkworm Moth2SpeciesTaxom
Loxolomia Maassen, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Macroglossum Scopoli, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Madoryx Boisduval, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Manduca Hübner, 187513SpeciesTaxom
Nannoparce Rothschild &..., 18651SpeciesTaxom
Neococytius Hodges, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Nyceryx Boisduval, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Olceclostera Butler, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Othorene Boisduval, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Oxytenis Hübner, 19243SpeciesTaxom
Pachygonidia Fletcher, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pachylia Walker, 18193SpeciesTaxom
Pachylioides Hodges, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Pantelodes Herbin, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Periginia1SpeciesTaxom
Perigonia Herrich-Schä..., 19037SpeciesTaxom
Periphoba Hübner, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Philampelus Harris, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Philosamia Hübner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Phryxus Hübner, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Protambulyx Rothschild &..., 17711SpeciesTaxom
Protoparce Burmeister, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodirphia Bouvier, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosphinx Burmeister, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Ptiloscola Michener, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Quentalia Schaus, 18874SpeciesTaxom
Rhescyntis Hübner, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Rothschildia Grote, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Sphingicampa Walsh, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Sphinx Linnaeus, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Syssphinx Hübner, 17803SpeciesTaxom
Tamphana Schaus, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Therinia Hübner, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Titaea Hübner, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Unzela Walker, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Xylophanes Hübner, 189422SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cuba
187 Species and 15 Subspecies
Adeloneivaia jason Boisduval, 1872
Adhemarius daphne Boisduval, 1870
Adhemarius ypsilon Rothschild &..., 1903
Aellopos aedon (Herrich-Schä..., 1869)⇒ Aellopos blaini Herrich-Scha..., 1869
Aellopos blaini Herrich-Scha..., 1869Abagrotis blaini
Aellopos clavipes Rothschild &..., 1903Clavipes Sphinx
Aellopos fadus Cramer, 1775Fadus Sphinx
Aellopos tantalus Linnaeus, 1758Tantalus Sphinx
Aellopos titan Cramer, 1777Titan Sphinx
Aellopos titan cubana Clark, 1936
Agrius cingulata Fabricius, 1775Pink Spotted Hawk-moth
Aleuron iphis Walker, 1856
Amphonyx duponchel Poey, 1832
Amphonyx haxairei Cadiou, 2006
Amphonyx vitrinus Rothschild &..., 1910
Anticla antica Walker, 1855
Apatelodes albipunctata Druce, 1898
Apatelodes lepida Schaus, 1905
Apatelodes merlona Schaus, 1939
Apatelodes pandarioides Schaus, 1905
Arsenura arianae Brechlin & M..., 2010
Arsenura batesii R. Felder & ..., 1874
Automeris banus Boisduval, 1875
Automeris belti Druce, 1886
Automeris dagmarae Brechlin & M..., 2011
Automeris phrynon Druce, 1897
Automeris postalbida Schaus, 1900
Automeris tridens Herrich-Schä..., 1855
Automeris zugana Druce, 1886
Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758Common silk moth
Caio championi Druce, 1886
Callionima calliomenae Schaufuss, 1870
Callionima falcifera Gehlen, 1943Falcifera Sphinx Moth
Callionima gracilis Jordan, 1923
Callionima inuus Rothschild &..., 1903
Callionima nomius Walker, 1856Fan-tailed Bark Moth
Callionima parce (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Callionima falcifera Gehlen, 1943
Callionima ramsdeni Clark, 1920
Cautethia grotei Edwards, 1882Grote's Sphinx
Cautethia grotei grotei H. Edwards, 1882
Cautethia noctuiformis Walker, 1856
Cicia norape Becker & Cam..., 2001
Citheronia bellavista Draudt, 1930
Cocytius antaeus Drury, 1773Giant Sphinx
Cocytius duponchel (Poey, 1832)⇒ Amphonyx duponchel Poey, 1832
Cocytius haxairei (Cadiou, 2006)⇒ Amphonyx haxairei Cadiou, 2006
Cocytius lucifer (Rothschild &..., 1903)⇒ Amphonyx lucifer Rothschild &..., 1903
Cocytius vitrinus (Rothschild &..., 1910)⇒ Amphonyx vitrinus Rothschild &..., 1910
Colla coelestis Schaus, 1910
Colla rhodope Drury, 1782
Copaxa denda Druce, 1894
Copaxa escalantei Lemaire, 1971
Copaxa moinieri Lemaire, 1974
Copaxa rufinans Schaus, 1906
Drepatelodes umbrillinea Schaus, 1905
Dysdaemonia boreas Cramer, 1775
Eacles imperialis Drury, 1773Imperial moth
Eacles ormondei Schaus, 1889
Enyo boisduvali Oberthur, 1904
Enyo cavifer Rothschild &..., 1903
Enyo gorgon Cramer, 1777
Enyo lugubris Linnaeus, 1771Mournful sphinx
Enyo lugubris lugubris Linnaeus, 1771
Enyo ocypete Linnaeus, 1758
Ephoria lybia Dognin, 1924
Epia casnonia Druce, 1887
Epia muscosa Butler, 1878
Epiphora pelosoma Rothschild, 1907
Erinnyis alope Drury, 1773Alope Sphinx
Erinnyis cercyon (Burmeister, 1878)⇒ Erinnyis lassauxii Boisduval, 1859
Erinnyis crameri Schaus, 1890Cramer's Sphinx
Erinnyis ello Linnaeus, 1758Cassava caterpillar
Erinnyis guttalaris Walker, 1856
Erinnyis guttularis (Walker, 1856)⇒ Erinnyis guttalaris Walker, 1856
Erinnyis lassauxi (Boisduval, 1859)⇒ Erinnyis lassauxii Boisduval, 1859
Erinnyis lassauxii Boisduval, 1859Lassauxs Sphinx Moth
Erinnyis obscura Fabricius, 1775Obscure Sphinx
Erinnyis oenotrus Cramer, 1780Oenotrus Sphinx
Erinnyis pallida (Grote, 1865)⇒ Erinnyis obscura Fabricius, 1775
Eumorpha anchemolus Cramer, 1779Anchemola sphinx
Eumorpha fasciatus Sulzer, 1776Banded Sphinx
Eumorpha labruscae Linnaeus, 1758Gaudy Sphinx
Eumorpha mirificatus Grote, 1874
Eumorpha obliquus Rothschild &..., 1903
Eumorpha phorbas Cramer, 1775
Eumorpha satellitia Linnaeus, 1771Satellite sphinx
Eumorpha triangulum Rothschild &..., 1903
Eumorpha vitis Linnaeus, 1758Vine sphinx
Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Poey, 1832Cuban Sphinx
Gamelia septentrionalis Bouvier, 1936
Hemaris tityus tityus Linnaeus, 1758
Hemeroplanes ornatus Rothschild, 1894
Hyles calverleyi Grote, 1865
Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Hyles livornica Esper, 1779
Hyles livornica Esper, 1779Striped hawk moth
Hylesia aeneides Druce, 1897
Hylesia annulata Schaus, 1911
Hylesia continua Walker, 1865
Hylesia dalina Schaus, 1911
Hylesia indiviosa Dyar, 1915
Hylesia lineata Druce, 1886
Hylesia minasia Schaus, 1921
Hylesia umbrata Schaus, 1911
Hyperchiria nausica Cramer, 1779
Isognathus rimosa Grote, 1865Rimosus Sphinx
Isognathus rimosa rimosa Grote, 1865
Isognathus rimosa woodi (Ramsden, 1916)⇒ Isognathus rimosus Grote, 1865
Isognathus rimosus Grote, 1865Rimosus Sphinx
Isognathus scyron Cramer, 1780
Leucanella acutissima Walker, 1865
Lintneria merops Boisduval, 1870
Lonomia columbiana Lemaire, 1971
Lonomia rufescens Lemaire, 1971
Loxolomia serpentina Maassen, 1869
Macroglossum bombus Walker, 1856
Madoryx plutonius Hübner, 1819
Madoryx pseudothyreus Grote, 1865False windowed sphinx
Manduca afflicta Grote, 1865
Manduca afflicta afflicta Grote, 1865
Manduca albiplaga Walker, 1856White-plagued sphinx
Manduca brontes Drury, 1773Cuban Sphinx Moth
Manduca brontes cubensis Kitching & C..., 2000Cuban Sphinx Moth
Manduca florestan Stoll, 1782Florestan Sphinx
Manduca hannibal Cramer, 1779
Manduca occulta Rothschild &..., 1903Occult Sphinx
Manduca pellenia Herrich-Schä..., 1854
Manduca rustica Fabricius, 1775Rustic Sphinx
Manduca rustica cubana Wood, 1915
Manduca sexta Linnaeus, 1763Carolina sphinx
Manduca sexta jamaicensis Butler, 1875
Nannoparce poeyi Grote, 1865
Neococytius cluentius Cramer, 1775Cluentius Sphinx
Nyceryx coffaeae Walker, 1856
Olceclostera amoria Druce, 1890
Olceclostera indentata Schaus, 1910
Olceclostera magniplaga Schaus, 1910
Olceclostera nigripuncta Schaus, 1910
Othorene intermedia Rothschild, 1907
Oxytenis beprea Druce, 1886
Oxytenis modestia Cramer, 1780Tropical American Silkworm Moth
Oxytenis nubila Jordan, 1924
Pachygonidia drucei Rothschild &..., 1903
Pachylia darceta Druce, 1881
Pachylia ficus Linnaeus, 1758Fig sphinx
Pachylia syces Hübner, 1819
Pachylioides resumens Walker, 1856
Pantelodes satellitia Walker, 1855
Periginia lusca lusca Fabricius, 1777
Perigonia divisa Grote, 1865
Perigonia ilus (Boisduval, 1870)⇒ Perigonia lusca Fabricius, 1777
Perigonia lefebvraei Lucas, 1857
Perigonia lefebvrii Lucas, 1857
Perigonia lusca Fabricius, 1777Coffee Sphinx
Perigonia lusca lusca Fabricius, 1777
Perigonia pallida Rothschild &..., 1903
Periphoba arcaei Druce, 1886
Philosamia ricini Boisduval, 1856Castor silkworm
Phryxus caicus Cramer, 1777Caicus Sphinx
Protambulyx strigilis Carolus Linn..., 1771Streaked Sphinx
Pseudodirphia regia Draudt, 1930
Pseudosphinx tetrio Linnaeus, 1771Frangipani hornworm
Ptiloscola dargei Lemaire, 1971
Quentalia chromana Schaus, 1929
Quentalia ephonia Stoll, 1790
Quentalia veca Druce, 1887
Rhescyntis hippodamia {Cramer, 1777
Rothschildia erycina Shaw, 1796
Rothschildia lebeau Guérin-Ménev..., 1868Lebeau's Rothschildia
Rothschildia triloba W. Rothschild, 1907
Sphingicampa quadrilineata Grote & Robi..., 1867
Sphinx luscitiosa Clemens, 1859Clemen's Sphinx
Sphinx una (Skinner, 1903)⇒ Sphinx luscitiosa Clemens, 1859
Syssphinx mexicana Boisduval, 1872
Syssphinx molina Cramer, 1780
Tamphana marmorea Schaus, 1892
Therinia transversaria Druce, 1887
Titaea tamerlan Maassen, 1869
Unzela japix Cramer, 1776
Xylophanes anubus Cramer, 1777
Xylophanes belti Druce, 1878
Xylophanes chiron Drury, 1771
Xylophanes chiron cubanus Rothschild &..., 1906
Xylophanes clarki Ramsden, 1921
Xylophanes gundlachi Herrich-Schä..., 1863
Xylophanes gundlachii Herrich-Schä..., 1863
Xylophanes irrorata Grote, 1865
Xylophanes jocasta Druce, 1888
Xylophanes libya Druce, 1878Libya Sphinx
Xylophanes loelia Druce, 1878
Xylophanes pluto Fabricius, 1777Pluto Sphinx
Xylophanes porcus Hübner, 1823Porcu Sphinx Moth
Xylophanes porcus porcus Huebner, 1823
Xylophanes robinsoni Grote, 1865
Xylophanes robinsonii Grote, 1865
Xylophanes tersa Linnaeus, 1771Tersa Sphinx
Xylophanes tersa cubensis (Gehlen., 1941)⇒ Xylophanes tersa Linnaeus, 1771
Xylophanes thyelia Carolus Linn..., 1758
Xylophanes titana Druce, 1878
Xylophanes tyndarus Boisduval, 1875
Xylophanes zurcheri Druce, 1894

Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Cuba
FamilyApatelodidae
Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
American Silkworm Moths, Apatelodid Moths, Apatelodod Moths
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBombycidae
Latreille, 1802
Lappet moths, Silkworm Moths, Silkworms
9
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySaturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths, Giant silkworm moths, Giant-silkworm moths, Moon, Royal, Royal moths, Saturniid moths, Saturniids, Silk moths, Wild Silk Moths
28
52
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworm moths, Hornworms, Sphinx moths
38
114
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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