Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
for Guyana (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 377
3368
6630 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 377
3368
6630 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 358
3283
6446 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 231
2532
5191 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 50
851
1681 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 50
851
1681 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 49
850
1680 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 23
560
1196 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 19
525
1147 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 4
45
120 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Guyana
4 Families width 120 Species and 24 Subspecies
Genera for Guyana
45 Genera with 120 Species
| Adeloneivaia Travassos, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Adelowalkeria Travassos, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Adhemarius Oiticica, 1903 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Aellopos Hübner, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrius Hübner, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aleuron Boisduval, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amphimoea Rothschild &..., 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amphonyx Poey, 1903 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Arsenura Duncan, 1906 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Asthenia Westwood, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Automeris Hübner, 1780 | Eyed Silkmoths | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Callionima Lucas, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Citheronia Hübner, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cocytius Hübner, 1903 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Copiopteryx Duncan & Wes..., 1779 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dirphia Hübner, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eacles Hübner, 2011 | Imperial Moths | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Enyo Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epia Hübner, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epiphora Wallengren, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erinnyis Hübner, 1787 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eumorpha Hübner, 1758 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Eupyrrhoglossum Grote, 1832 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemaris Dalman, 1758 | Bee hawk-moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyles Hübner, 1779 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hylesia Hübner, 1775 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Isognathus Felder & Felder, 1780 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Macroglossum Scopoli, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Madoryx Boisduval, 1819 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Manduca Hübner, 1917 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Neococytius Hodges, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Olceclostera Butler, 1892 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oryba Walker, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Othorene Boisduval, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxytenis Hübner, 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachylia Walker, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pantelodes Herbin, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protambulyx Rothschild &..., 1903 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosphinx Burmeister, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhescyntis Hübner, 1975 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rolepa Walker, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rothschildia Grote, 1795 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Schausiella Bouvier, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syssphinx Hübner, 1780 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xylophanes Hübner, 1875 | | 27 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Guyana
120 Species and 24 Subspecies | Adeloneivaia jason Boisduval, 1872 | | | Adelowalkeria plateada (Schaus, 1905) | ⇒ Adelowalkeria witti Brechlin & M..., 2011 | | Adhemarius gagarini Zikan, 1935 | | | Adhemarius gannascus gannascus Stoll, 1790 | | | Adhemarius globifer Dyar, 1912 | | | Adhemarius palmeri Boisduval, 1875 | | | Adhemarius ypsilon Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Aellopos ceculus Cramer, 1777 | | | Agrius cingulata Fabricius, 1775 | Pink Spotted Hawk-moth | | Agrius cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Agrius cingulata Fabricius, 1775 | | Aleuron iphis Walker, 1856 | | | Amphimoea walkeri Boisduval, 1875 | | | Amphonyx duponchel Poey, 1832 | | | Amphonyx lucifer Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Arsenura armida Cramer, 1779 | Giant Silk Moth | | Arsenura thomsoni Schaus, 1906 | | | Asthenia buckleyi Druce, 1890 | | | Automeris annulata Schaus, 1906 | | | Automeris egeus Cramer, 1775 | | | Automeris incarnata Walker, 1865 | | | Automeris innoxia Schaus, 1906 | | | Automeris liberia Cramer, 1780 | | | Callionima nomius Walker, 1856 | Fan-tailed Bark Moth | | Callionima parce (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Callionima falcifera Gehlen, 1943 | | Citheronia hamifera Rothschild, 1907 | | | Cocytius duponchel (Poey, 1832) | ⇒ Amphonyx duponchel Poey, 1832 | | Cocytius lucifer (Rothschild &..., 1903) | ⇒ Amphonyx lucifer Rothschild &..., 1903 | | Copiopteryx derceto Maassen, 1872 | | | Copiopteryx semiramis Cramer, 1779 | | | Dirphia radiata Dognin, 1916 | | | Dirphia tarquinia Cramer, 1775 | | | Eacles acuta Schaus, 1905 | | | Eacles barnesi Schaus, 1905 | | | Eacles guianensis Schaus, 1905 | | | Eacles imperialis Drury, 1773 | Imperial moth | | Eacles silkae Brechlin & M..., 2011 | | | Enyo ocypete Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Epia lunilinea Schaus, 1920 | | | Epia muscosa Butler, 1878 | | | Epiphora pelosoma Rothschild, 1907 | | | Erinnyis cercyon (Burmeister, 1878) | ⇒ Erinnyis lassauxii Boisduval, 1859 | | Erinnyis lassauxii Boisduval, 1859 | Lassauxs Sphinx Moth | | Erinnyis penaeus (Fabricius, 1787) | ⇒ Erinnyis oenotrus Cramer, 1780 | | Eumorpha adamsi Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Eumorpha anchemolus Cramer, 1779 | Anchemola sphinx | | Eumorpha capronnieri Boisduval, 1875 | | | Eumorpha eacus (Cramer, 1780) | ⇒ Eumorpha megaeacus Hübner, 1816 | | Eumorpha fasciata (Sulzer, 1776) | ⇒ Eumorpha fasciatus Sulzer, 1776 | | Eumorpha fasciatus Sulzer, 1776 | Banded Sphinx | | Eumorpha fasciatus fasciatus Sulzer, 1776 | | | Eumorpha labruscae Linnaeus, 1758 | Gaudy Sphinx | | Eumorpha labruscae labruscae Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Eumorpha megaeacus Hübner, 1816 | Eacus sphinx | | Eumorpha obliquus Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Eumorpha phorbas Cramer, 1775 | | | Eumorpha satellitia Linnaeus, 1771 | Satellite sphinx | | Eumorpha vitis Linnaeus, 1758 | Vine sphinx | | Eupyrrhoglossum sagra Poey, 1832 | Cuban Sphinx | | Hemaris tityus tityus Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Hyles livornica Esper, 1779 | | Hyles livornica Esper, 1779 | Striped hawk moth | | Hylesia derica Schaus, 1940 | | | Hylesia gyrex Dyar, 1913 | | | Hylesia metabus Cramer, 1775 | Ashen moth | | Isognathus caricae Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Isognathus caricae caricae Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Isognathus leachii Swainson, 1823 | | | Isognathus scyron Cramer, 1780 | | | Macroglossum bombus Walker, 1856 | | | Madoryx oiclus oiclus Cramer, 1779 | | | Madoryx plutonius Hübner, 1819 | | | Manduca albiplaga Walker, 1856 | White-plagued sphinx | | Manduca brunalba Clark, 1929 | | | Manduca diffissa tropicalis Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Manduca florestan Stoll, 1782 | Florestan Sphinx | | Manduca hannibal Cramer, 1779 | | | Manduca huascara Schaus, 1941 | | | Manduca lefeburei Guérin-Ménev..., 1844 | | | Manduca lucetius Cramer, 1780 | | | Manduca occulta Rothschild &..., 1903 | Occult Sphinx | | Manduca perplexa Rothschild &..., 1910 | | | Manduca rustica Fabricius, 1775 | Rustic Sphinx | | Manduca rustica rustica Fabricius, 1775 | | | Manduca sexta Linnaeus, 1763 | Carolina sphinx | | Manduca sexta paphus Cramer, 1779 | | | Manduca sexta sexta Linnaeus, 1763 | | | Manduca vestalis Jordan, 1917 | | | Neococytius cluentius Cramer, 1775 | Cluentius Sphinx | | Olceclostera maya Schaus, 1892 | | | Oryba kadeni Schaufuss, 1870 | | | Oxytenis modestia Cramer, 1780 | Tropical American Silkworm Moth | | Pachylia darceta Druce, 1881 | | | Pachylia ficus Linnaeus, 1758 | Fig sphinx | | Pantelodes satellitia Walker, 1855 | | | Protambulyx eurycles Herrich-Scha..., 1854 | | | Protambulyx goeldii Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Protambulyx goeldii goeldii | | | Protambulyx strigilis Carolus Linn..., 1771 | Streaked Sphinx | | Protambulyx strigilis strigilis Linnaeus, 1771 | | | Protambulyx sulphurea Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Pseudosphinx tetrio Linnaeus, 1771 | Frangipani hornworm | | Rhescyntis pseudomartii Lemaire, 1975 | | | Rolepa demerara Schaus, 1927 | | | Rothschildia aurota Cramer, 1775 | | | Rothschildia aurota aurota Cramer, 1775 | | | Rothschildia erycina erycina Shaw, 1795 | | | Schausiella polybia Stoll, 1781 | | | Syssphinx molina Cramer, 1780 | | | Xylophanes amadis Stoll, 1782 | | | Xylophanes amadis amadis | | | Xylophanes amadis meridanus Rothschild &..., 1910 | | | Xylophanes anubus Cramer, 1777 | | | Xylophanes anubus anubus | | | Xylophanes ceratomioides Grote & Robi..., 1867 | Bay whiff | | Xylophanes chiron chiron Drury, 1773 | | | Xylophanes chiron nechus Cramer, 1777 | | | Xylophanes cyrene Druce, 1881 | | | Xylophanes elara Druce, 1878 | | | Xylophanes fusimacula R. Felder, 1874 | | | Xylophanes guianensis Rothschild, 1894 | | | Xylophanes haxairei Cadiou, 1985 | | | Xylophanes loelia Druce, 1878 | | | Xylophanes media Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Xylophanes neoptolemus neoptolemus | | | Xylophanes ploetzi Moschler, 1876 | | | Xylophanes porcus continentalis Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Xylophanes porcus porcus Huebner, 1823 | | | Xylophanes pyrrhus Rothschild &..., 1906 | | | Xylophanes rufescens Rothschild, 1894 | | | Xylophanes stuarti (Stoll, 1782) | ⇒ Xylophanes amadis Stoll, 1782 | | Xylophanes tersa tersa Linnaeus, 1771 | | | Xylophanes thyelia Carolus Linn..., 1758 | | | Xylophanes thyelia salvini Druce, 1878 | | | Xylophanes titana Druce, 1878 | | | Xylophanes tyndarus Boisduval, 1875 | |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Guyana | Family | Apatelodidae
Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
American Silkworm Moths, Apatelodid Moths, Apatelodod Moths | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Bombycidae
Latreille, 1802
Lappet moths, Silkworm Moths, Silkworms | 3
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
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 | 17
30 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworm moths, Hornworms, Sphinx moths | 24
85 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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