Biology:Sphinx (genus)

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Short description: Genus of moths

Sphinx
Sphinx ligustri MHNT dos femelle.jpg
Sphinx ligustri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Sphingini
Genus: Sphinx
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Spectrum Scopoli, 1777
  • Mesosphinx Cockerell, 1920
  • Lethia Hübner, 1819
  • Hyloicus Hübner, 1819
  • Hyloecus Kuznetsova, 1906
  • Hyloecus Agassiz, 1846
  • Herse Oken, 1815
  • Herse Agassiz, 1846
  • Gargantua Kirby, 1892

Sphinx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.[1]

Species

  • Sphinx adumbrata (Dyar, 1912)
  • Sphinx asellus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
  • Sphinx caligineus (Butler, 1877)
  • Sphinx canadensis (Boisduval, 1875)
  • Sphinx centrosinaria Kitching & Jin, 1998
  • Sphinx chersis (Hubner, 1823)
  • Sphinx chisoya (Schaus, 1932)
  • Sphinx constricta Butler, 1885
  • Sphinx crassistriga (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
  • Sphinx dollii Neumoegen, 1881
  • Sphinx drupiferarum JE Smith, 1797
  • Sphinx formosana Riotte, 1970
  • Sphinx franckii Neumoegen, 1893
  • Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1779
  • Sphinx kalmiae JE Smith, 1797
  • Sphinx leucophaeata Clemens, 1859
  • Sphinx libocedrus Edwards, 1881
  • Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1758
  • Sphinx luscitiosa Clemens, 1859
  • Sphinx maurorum (Jordan, 1931)
  • Sphinx morio (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
  • Sphinx nogueirai Haxaire, 2002
  • Sphinx oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
  • Sphinx perelegans Edwards, 1874
  • Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758
  • Sphinx poecila Stephens, 1828
  • Sphinx sequoiae Boisduval, 1868
  • Sphinx vashti Strecker, 1878


Gallery

  • Sphinx canadensis

  • Sphinx chersis

  • Sphinx dollii

  • Sphinx drupiferarum

  • Sphinx formosana

  • Sphinx franckii

  • Sphinx gordius

  • Sphinx kalmiae

  • Sphinx kalmiae

  • Sphinx leucophaeata

  • Sphinx libocedrus

  • Sphinx ligustri

  • Sphinx luscitiosa

  • Sphinx pinastri

  • Sphinx sequoiae

  • Sphinx vashti

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/sphinginae/sphinx/. Retrieved January 6, 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q127251 entry




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