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Sphingini

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Sphingidae

Taxonomy
Sphingini was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Sphinx.

It was assigned to Sphinginae by Kawahara et al. (2009).

Subtaxa
Sphinx (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Sphingini Latreille
2009Sphingini Kawahara et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
Metamphiesmenoptera
Euamphiesmenoptera
RankNameAuthor
Panendymenoptera
Endymenoptera
Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
Euheteroneura
DitrysiaBorner 1925
ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
ObtectomeraMinet 1986
Macroheterocera
superfamilyBombycoidea
familySphingidae()
subfamilySphinginae
tribeSphingini
tribeSphingini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Sphingini Latreille 1802
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G. Sphinx Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available