Checklist for Superfamily Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hawk-moths)
and region West New Guinea (New Guinea)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 65
266
596 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 65
266
596 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 64
265
594 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 40
136
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 13
72
109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 13
72
109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 13
72
109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 10
60
92 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 9
59
90 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
9
13 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for West New Guinea
1 Family width 13 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for West New Guinea
9 Genera with 13 Species
Species list for West New Guinea
13 Species and 4 Subspecies | Acosmeryx anceus anceus Stoll, 1781 | | | Ambulyx dohertyi dohertyi Rothschild, 1894 | | | Gnathothlibus heliodes Meyrick, 1889 | | | Hippotion brennus Stoll, 1782 | | | Hippotion japenum (Riotte, 1994) | ⇒ Hippotion velox Fabricius, 1793 | | Macroglossum vidua Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Megacorma obliqua obliqua Walker, 1856 | | | Meganoton hyloicoides Rothschild, 1910 | | | Psilogramma kitchingi Brechlin & L..., 2001 | | | Psilogramma menephron Cramer, 1780 | Australian privet hawk moth | | Psilogramma papuensis Brechlin, 2001 | | | Psilogramma pseudoargos Brechlin, 2001 | | | Theretra indistincta papuensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921 | |
Subnodes of Bombycoidea with occurrences in West New Guinea
Links, sources and further information Bombycoidea at artfakta.se
Bombycoidea at dyntaxa.se
Bombycoidea at itis.gov
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