Checklist for Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
and region Inverness (Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 188
751
1052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 187
750
1052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 178
733
1027 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 143
655
937 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 47
336
518 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 47
336
518 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 46
335
517 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 15
236
402 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
214
360 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 2
9
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Inverness (Inverness County)
2 Families width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Inverness (Inverness County)
9 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Inverness (Inverness County)
10 Species and 1 Subspecies | Deilephila elpenor Linnaeus, 1758 | Elephant Hawk | | Dryocampa rubicunda Fabricius, 1793 | Green-striped mapleworm | | Erinnyis cercyon (Burmeister, 1878) | ⇒ Erinnyis lassauxii Boisduval, 1859 | | Hemileuca eglanterina Boisduval, 1852 | Common sheep moth | | Hyalophora euryalus Boisduval, 1855 | Ceanothus silk moth | | Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Hyles livornica Esper, 1779 | | Macroglossum bombus Walker, 1856 | | | Macroglossum stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758 | Humming-bird hawk moth | | Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, 1837 | Cerisy'S Sphinx Moth | | Temnora elegans polia Rothschild, 1904 | |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Inverness (Inverness County) | 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 | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworm moths, Hornworms, Sphinx moths | 6
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Bombycoidea at artfakta.se
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