Checklist of Family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Hawk Moths)
for Gauteng (Republic South Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 331
2962
5500 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 330
2961
5499 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 313
2903
5412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 206
2450
4777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 61
1071
2273 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 60
1069
2271 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 59
1065
2254 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
612
1245 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
552
1122 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 3
43
67 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms | 24
32 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Gauteng
24 Genera with 32 Species
| Acherontia Laspeyres, 1758 | Death's head Hawk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agrius Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Basiothia Walker, 1872 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Batocnema Rothschild &..., 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cephonodes Hübner, 1771 | Bee Hawk Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Covelliana | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Daphnis Hübner, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippotion Hübner, 1823 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hyles Hübner, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucostrophus Rothschild &..., 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lophostethus Butler, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macroglossum Scopoli, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Marumba Moore, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microsphinx Rothschild &..., 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephele Hübner, 1776 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paonias Hübner, 1773 | Unidentified Paonias Moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phylloxiphia Rothschild &..., 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platysphinx Rothschild &..., 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyptychoides Carcasson, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyptychus Carcasson, 1856 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoclanis Rothschild, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhodafra Rothschild &..., 1780 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Temnora Walker, 1779 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Theretra Hübner, 1764 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Gauteng
32 Species and 1 Subspecies | Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758 | African death's head hawkmoth | | Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758 | Convolvulus hawk moth | | Basiothia medea Fabricius, 1781 | Small Verdant Hawk | | Basiothia schenki Moschler, 1872 | Brown Striped Hawk | | Batocnema africanus Distant, 1899 | Harlequin Hawk | | Cephonodes hylas Linnaeus, 1771 | Clearwing hummingbird hawk moth | | Covelliana gessi Schmit, 2006 | | | Covelliana staudei Eitschberger..., 2016 | | | Daphnis nerii Linnaeus, 1758 | Army Green Moth | | Hippotion celerio L., 1758 | Common striated hawkmoth | | Hippotion eson Cramer, 1779 | Common Striped Hawk | | Hippotion osiris Dalman, 1823 | Large Striped Hawk-moth | | Hyles livornica Esper, 1779 | Striped hawk moth | | Leucostrophus alterhirundo Gerstaecker, 1871 | Swallow Hawk | | Lophostethus dumolinii Angas, 1849 | Arrow Sphinx | | Macroglossum trochilus (Jacob Hubner, 1823) | ⇒ Cephonodes trochilus Guérin-Ménev..., 1843 | | Marumba timora timora Rothschild &..., 1903 | | | Microsphinx minutum Distant, 1897 | | | Nephele comma Hopffer, 1857 | Comma Nephele | | Nephele funebris Fabricius, 1793 | Funereal Nephele | | Nephele peneus Cramer, 1776 | Three Spotte Nephele | | Paonias astylus Drury, 1773 | Huckleberry Sphinx | | 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 | | Rhodafra opheltes Cramer, 1780 | Broad Striped Hawk | | Temnora pylas Cramer, 1779 | Barred Yellow Winged Temnora | | Theretra capensis Linnaeus, 1764 | Cape Hawk |
Subnodes of Sphingidae with occurrences in Gauteng
 | | Sphingidae (Latreille 1802) |
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