Checklist of Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
for Vanuatu (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 205
827
1374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 204
826
1373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 200
819
1362 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 131
613
1061 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 28
151
273 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 27
150
272 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 27
150
272 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 14
106
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 12
104
189 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
7
16 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Vanuatu
1 Family width 16 Species and 6 Subspecies
Genera for Vanuatu
7 Genera with 16 Species
Species list for Vanuatu
16 Species and 6 Subspecies | Daphnis hypothous Cramer, 1780 | Jade hawkmoth | | Daphnis hypothous moorei | | | Daphnis moorei (W.J. Macleay, 1866) | ⇒ Daphnis hypothous Cramer, 1780 | | Daphnis placida placida Walker, 1856 | | | Daphnis torenia Druce, 1882 | Fire eel | | Gnathothlibus sapor Koch, 1871 | | | Gnathothlibus vanuatuensis Lachlan & Mo..., 2003 | | | Hippotion scrofa Boisduval, 1832 | Coprosma Hawk Moth | | Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 | Dark striated hawkmoth | | Macroglossum corythus Walker, 1856 | | | Macroglossum corythus novebudensis (Clark, 1926) | ⇒ Macroglossum corythus Walker, 1856 | | Macroglossum hirundo errans Walker, 1856 | | | Psilogramma menephron Cramer, 1780 | Australian privet hawk moth | | Psilogramma menephron lifuense Rothschild, 1903 | | | Sphinx irus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Euchromia cyanitis Meyrick, 1889 | | Sphinx thelebas (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Euchromia cyanitis Meyrick, 1889 | | Theretra insularis Swinhoe, 1892 | | | Theretra insularis ambrymensis Lachlan, 2004 | | | Theretra nessus Drury, 1773 | Orange-sided hunter hawkmoth | | Theretra silhetensis Walker, 1856 | Brown-banded hunter hawkmoth |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in Vanuatu
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