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Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
for Shinyanga Region (Northwest Tanzania, Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
24
46
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
24
46
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
23
45
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
16
38
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
4
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
4
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
4
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
4
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
4
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
1
5
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Shinyanga Region
1 Family width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802Hawk Moths6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Shinyanga Region
5 Genera with 6 Species
Neoclanis Carcasson, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Nephele Hübner, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Polyptychoides Carcasson, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Polyptychus Carcasson, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Temnora Walker, 18561SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Shinyanga Region
6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Neoclanis basalis Walker, 1866Wounded Hawk
Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857Comma Nephele
Polyptychoides grayii Walker, 1856
Polyptychus niloticus Jordan, 1921
Polyptychus niloticus niloticus Jordan, 1921
Polyptychus unilineata Clark, 1935
Temnora natalis Walker, 1856Natal Temnora

Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Shinyanga Region
FamilySphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworm moths, Hornworms, Sphinx moths
5
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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