Checklist for Tribe Smerinthini Grote & Robinson, 1865
and region North Tanzania (Tanganyika, Tanzania)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 168
687
904 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 168
687
904 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 156
653
856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 89
457
652 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 34
210
336 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 34
210
336 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 34
210
336 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 18
168
280 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
159
270 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 4
31
56 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms | 20
43 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Smerinthinae
Grote & Robinson, 1865
| 8
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Smerinthini
Grote & Robinson, 1865
| 8
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for North Tanzania
8 Genera with 15 Species
Species list for North Tanzania
15 Species and 4 Subspecies | Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856 | Contrary Polyptychus | | Chloroclanis tanzanica Carcasson, 1968 | | | Chloroclanis virescens tanzanica Carcasson, 1968 | | | Falcatula falcatus Rothschild &..., 1903 | Falcate Polyptychus | | Microclanis erlangeri Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Neopolyptychus compar Rothschild &..., 1903 | Variable Polyptychus | | Neopolyptychus compar septentrionalis Carcasson, 1968 | | | Neopolyptychus septentrionalis Carcasson, 1968 | | | Polyptychoides grayii Walker, 1856 | | | Polyptychus amaniensis Carcasson, 1968 | | | Polyptychus andosa amaniensis Carcasson, 1968 | | | Polyptychus niloticus Jordan, 1921 | | | Polyptychus niloticus niloticus Jordan, 1921 | | | Polyptychus unilineata Clark, 1935 | | | Pseudoclanis kenyae (Clark, 1928) | ⇒ Pseudoclanis postica Walker, 1856 | | Pseudoclanis pallida Closs, 1917 | | | Pseudoclanis postica Walker, 1856 | Mulberry Hawk |
Links, sources and further information Smerinthini at itis.gov
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