Sataspes | |
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Sataspes infernalis , type species for the genus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Tribe: | Smerinthini |
Genus: | Sataspes Moore, 1858 |
Synonyms | |
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Sataspes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1858. [1] They are mimics of carpenter bees.
Actias is a genus of Saturniid moths, which contains the Asian-American moon moths. Long tails on their hindwings are among their distinctive traits. Other moths with similar appearance are Copiopteryx, Argema and Eudaemonia.
Caligula is a genus of moths of the family Saturniidae. It is primarily an Oriental genus, found in India, China and Southeast Asia. The genus is often treated as a synonym of Rinaca. It is named after Roman emperor Caligula.
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.
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.
Psilogramma is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
Smerinthini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Herbert C. Robinson in 1865.
Macroglossini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.
Acosmeryx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.
Dahira is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
Eurypteryx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
Loepa is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae.
Sataspes xylocoparis, the eastern carpenter-bee hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, Bhutan, northern Myanmar, northern Thailand, northern Vietnam and southern and eastern China. The habitat consists of shady, dense, mature hillside woodland with fast-flowing streams.
Sataspes infernalis is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from south-western and north-eastern India, Bangladesh, northern Myanmar and northern Thailand.
Sataspes tagalica, the brilliant carpenter-bee hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.
Ambulyx sericeipennis, the common gliding hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found from northern Pakistan and northern India eastwards across Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to central and southern China and Taiwan.
Pseudautomeris is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Claude Lemaire in 1967.
Rinaca is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1862. It is often treated as a subgenus of Saturnia.