Checklist of Family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Hawk Moths)
for Canary Islands (Macaronesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 380
2958
6447 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 377
2952
6436 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 366
2911
6379 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 240
2357
5372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 46
595
1242 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 46
592
1239 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 46
592
1239 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 16
300
561 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
266
479 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 1
8
15 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms | 8
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Canary Islands
8 Genera with 15 Species
Species list for Canary Islands
15 Species and 2 Subspecies | Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758 | African death's head hawkmoth | | Agrius cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Agrius cingulata Fabricius, 1775 | | Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 | Convolvulus hawk moth | | Daphnis nerii Linnaeus, 1758 | Army Green Moth | | Enyo lyctus Walker, 1856 | | | Hippotion celerio L., 1758 | Common striated hawkmoth | | Hyles cretica (Eitschberger..., 1998) | ⇒ Hyles tithymali Boisduval, 1834 | | Hyles dahlii Geyer, 1827 | Smoky Spurge Hawk-moth | | Hyles euphorbiae Linnaeus, 1758 | Hawk moths | | Hyles livornica Esper, 1779 | Striped hawk moth | | Hyles tithymali Boisduval, 1834 | Barbary Spurge Hawk-moth | | Hyles tithymali tithymali Boisduval, 1834 | | | Macroglossum bombus Walker, 1856 | | | Macroglossum heliophila heliophila Boisduval, 1875 | | | Macroglossum stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758 | Humming-bird hawk moth | | Paonias astylus Drury, 1773 | Huckleberry Sphinx |
Subnodes of Sphingidae with occurrences in Canary Islands
 | | Sphingidae (Latreille 1802) |
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