Checklist for Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
and region Nelson (Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 64
140
140 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 64
140
140 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 60
131
124 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 46
116
112 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 12
51
54 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 12
51
54 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 12
51
54 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 9
46
49 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 8
41
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
9
9 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Nelson (Mecklenburg County Virginia)
1 Family width 9 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Nelson (Mecklenburg County Virginia)
9 Genera with 9 Species
Species list for Nelson (Mecklenburg County Virginia)
9 Species and 2 Subspecies | Dolba hyloeus Drury, 1773 | Black Alder Sphinx | | Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Hyles livornica Esper, 1779 | | Lintneria eremitus Hübner, 1823 | Hermit Sphinx | | Macroglossum bombus Walker, 1856 | | | Pachysphinx modesta Harris, 1839 | Big poplar sphinx | | Paonias excaecata J.E. Smith, 1797 | Blind-Eyed Sphinx | | Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, 1837 | Cerisy'S Sphinx Moth | | Sphinx gordius gordius Cramer, 1779 | | | Xylophanes tersa tersa Linnaeus, 1771 | |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Nelson (Mecklenburg County Virginia)
Links, sources and further information Bombycoidea at artfakta.se
Bombycoidea at dyntaxa.se
Bombycoidea at itis.gov
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