Acosmeryx | |
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Acosmeryx shervillii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Subtribe: | Macroglossina |
Genus: | Acosmeryx Boisduval, 1875 |
Acosmeryx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. [1]
Cocytius is a genus of hawkmoths. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Polyptychus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Callambulyx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Ambulyx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, described by Westwood in 1847.
Rhodoprasina is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Antheraea is a genus of moths belonging to the family Saturniidae. It was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Several species of this genus have caterpillars which produce wild silk of commercial importance. Commonly called "tussar silk", the moths are named tussar moths after the fabric.
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.
Dilophonotini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Hermann Burmeister in 1878.
Macroglossini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.
Sataspes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1858. They are mimics of carpenter bees.
Theretra is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was established by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Xylophanes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. As of 2000, there are about 96 species and subspecies included in the genus.
Macroglossum is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1777.
Hippotion is a genus of sphinx moths. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Eupanacra is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
Eurypteryx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
Paradaemonia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Eugène Louis Bouvier in 1925.