Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
for Silhouette Island (Seychelles)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 64
294
455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 64
294
455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 61
291
452 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 55
283
444 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 29
187
295 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 29
187
295 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 29
187
295 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 10
78
109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 9
63
92 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
8
10 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Silhouette Island
1 Family width 10 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Silhouette Island
8 Genera with 10 Species
Species list for Silhouette Island
10 Species and 2 Subspecies | Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758 | African death's head hawkmoth | | Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 | Convolvulus hawk moth | | Cephonodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771 | Clearwing hummingbird hawk moth | | Cephonodes hylas virescens Linnaeus, 1771 | | | Cephonodes tamsi Griveaud, 1960 | | | Daphnis nerii Linnaeus, 1758 | Army Green Moth | | Hippotion eson Cramer, 1779 | Common Striped Hawk | | Hippotion osiris Dalman, 1823 | Large Striped Hawk-moth | | Macroglossum alluaudi de Joannis, 1893 | | | Nephele leighi Joicey & Talbot, 1921 | | | Temnora fumosa seychellensis Bolotov & Sp..., 2021 | |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Silhouette Island
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