Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
for Tortola (British Virgin Islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 33
64
68 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 33
64
68 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 30
60
64 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 22
50
54 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 10
32
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 10
32
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 10
32
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 6
27
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 6
27
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
9
11 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Tortola
1 Family width 11 Species and 6 Subspecies
Genera for Tortola
9 Genera with 11 Species
Species list for Tortola
11 Species and 6 Subspecies | Cautethia noctuiformis bredini Cary, 1970 | | | Cocytius antaeus Drury, 1773 | Giant Sphinx | | Enyo lugubris lugubris Linnaeus, 1771 | | | Erinnyis ello ello Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Eumorpha labruscae Linnaeus, 1758 | Gaudy Sphinx | | Manduca sexta jamaicensis Butler, 1875 | | | Perigonia lusca Fabricius, 1777 | Coffee Sphinx | | Pseudosphinx tetrio Linnaeus, 1771 | Frangipani hornworm | | Xylophanes chiron cubanus Rothschild &..., 1906 | | | Xylophanes pluto Fabricius, 1777 | Pluto Sphinx | | Xylophanes tersa tersa Linnaeus, 1771 | |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Tortola
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