Checklist for Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
and region Maldives (Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 68
189
237 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 68
189
237 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 64
184
230 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 42
134
169 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 21
94
116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 21
94
116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 21
94
116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 12
58
77 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 11
54
71 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
5
8 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Maldives
1 Family width 8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Maldives
5 Genera with 8 Species
Species list for Maldives
8 Species and 1 Subspecies | Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 | Convolvulus hawk moth | | Cephonodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771 | Clearwing hummingbird hawk moth | | Cephonodes hylas virescens Linnaeus, 1771 | | | Cephonodes picus (Cramer, 1777) | ⇒ Cephonodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771 | | Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 | Dark striated hawkmoth | | Macroglossum gyrans Walker, 1856 | Striated hummingbird hawkmoth | | Macroglossum sitiene Walker, 1856 | | | Macroglossum svetlana Eitschberger..., 2009 | | | Xylophanes thyelia Carolus Linn..., 1758 | |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Maldives
Links, sources and further information Bombycoidea at artfakta.se
Bombycoidea at dyntaxa.se
Bombycoidea at itis.gov
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