Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
for Iraq (Near East)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 231
1332
2471 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 229
1328
2467 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 221
1311
2448 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 146
949
1870 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 32
306
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 32
306
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 32
306
550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 15
186
339 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 12
163
284 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
5
11 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Iraq
1 Family width 11 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Iraq
5 Genera with 11 Species
Species list for Iraq
11 Species and 1 Subspecies | Clarina kotschyi Kollar, 1849 | Grapevine Hawkmoth | | Hyles hippophaes Esper, 1789 | Sea Thorn Hawk-moth | | Hyles livornica Esper, 1779 | Striped hawk moth | | Hyles nicaea Prunner, 1798 | Greater Spurge Hawk-moth | | Hyles nicaea sheljuzkoi Dublitzky, 1928 | | | Proserpinus proserpina Pallas, 1772 | Willowherb hawk moth | | Proserpinus proserpinus Pallas, 1772 | Willowherb Hawkmoth | | Rethera albocingulata (BREMER & GREY, 1853) | ⇒ Rethera komarovi Christoph, 1885 | | Rethera komarovi Christoph, 1885 | | | Rethera rjabovi (BREMER & GREY, 1853) | ⇒ Rethera komarovi Christoph, 1885 | | Rethera roseocingulata (BREMER & GREY, 1853) | ⇒ Rethera komarovi Christoph, 1885 | | Smerinthus caecus Ménétriés, 1857 | Northern Eyed Hawkmoth |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Iraq
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