Checklist for Tribe Smerinthini Grote & Robinson, 1865
and region Gauteng (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 332
2972
5515 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 331
2971
5514 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 314
2913
5427 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 207
2459
4791 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 61
1073
2277 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 60
1071
2275 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 59
1067
2258 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
614
1248 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
554
1125 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 3
43
68 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms | 24
33 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Smerinthinae
Grote & Robinson, 1865
| 9
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Smerinthini
Grote & Robinson, 1865
| 8
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Gauteng
8 Genera with 11 Species
Species list for Gauteng
11 Species and 1 Subspecies | Lophostethus dumolinii Angas, 1849 | Arrow Sphinx | | Marumba timora timora Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Paonias astylus Drury, 1773 | Huckleberry Sphinx | | Phylloxiphia metria Jordan, 1920 | Redwing Hawk | | Phylloxiphia punctum Rothschild, 1907 | One Spot Redwing | | Platysphinx piabilis Distant, 1897 | Measly Hawk | | Platysphinx piabillis Distant, 1897 | | | Polyptychoides grayii Walker, 1856 | | | Polyptychus assimilis Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Polyptychus grayii Walker, 1856 | | | Pseudoclanis postica Walker, 1856 | Mulberry Hawk |
Links, sources and further information Smerinthini at itis.gov
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