Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea (Hawk-moths) for New Caledonia (Melanesia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	347 2293 5203	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	345 2291 5202	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	333 2253 5148	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	213 1699 4005	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	40 330 541	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	38 327 536	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	37 326 535	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	17 253 441	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	15 220 378	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx	2 10 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for New Caledonia
2 Families width 23 Species and 5 Subspecies

Sphingidae Latreille, 1802	Hawk Moths	22	Species	Taxom
Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837	And Giant Silk Moths	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for New Caledonia
10 Genera with 23 Species

Species list for New Caledonia
23 Species and 5 Subspecies

Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758	Convolvulus hawk moth
Agrius fasciatus Rothschild, 1894
Agrius rothschildi I.J. Kitchin..., 2000
Cephonodes lifuensis Rothschild, 1894
Compsulyx cochereaui Viette, 1971
Daphnis placida Walker, 1856
Daphnis placida placida Walker, 1856
Gnathothlibus erotus Cramer, 1777	White-brow Hawk Moth
Gnathothlibus erotus eras Boisduval, 1832
Hippotion albolineata (Carcasson, 1968)	⇒ Hippotion celerio L., 1758
Hippotion boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775	Hippotion Sphinx Moth
Hippotion celerio L., 1758	Common striated hawkmoth
Hippotion griseola (Rothschild, 1894)	⇒ Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793
Hippotion lifuensis (Rothschild, 1894)	⇒ Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793
Hippotion rosea (Closs, 1911)	⇒ Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793
Hippotion scrofa Boisduval, 1832	Coprosma Hawk Moth
Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793	Dark striated hawkmoth
Macroglossum corythus fuscicauda Rothschild &..., 1903
Macroglossum hirundo lifuensis Rothschild, 1894
Psilogramma lifuense (Rothschild, 1894)	⇒ Psilogramma menephron Cramer, 1780
Psilogramma menephron Cramer, 1780	Australian privet hawk moth
Psilogramma menephron lifuense Rothschild, 1903
Theretra clotho Drury, 1773	Common hunter hawkmoth
Theretra lifuensis (Rothschild, 1894)	⇒ Theretra clotho Drury, 1773
Theretra nessus Drury, 1773	Orange-sided hunter hawkmoth
Titaea orsinome Hübner, 1823

Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in New Caledonia

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	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworm moths, Hornworms, Sphinx moths	9 22	Genera Species	Taxom

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