Smerinthinae
subfamily of insects
The Smerinthinae is a subfamily of moth. It is in the family of Sphingidae. It is in the order of Lepidoptera. It has three tribes, Ambulycini, Smerinthini and Sphingulini.
Smerinthinae | |
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Laothoe populi, species type | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Subfamily: | Smerinthinae Grote & Robinson, 1865 |
Type species | |
Laothoe populi | |
Diversity | |
77 genera, roughly 329 species |
References
change- Sphingidae of the World Checklist, All-Leps Barcode of Life