Smerinthinae

Subfamily of moths

Smerinthinae
Laothoe populi, species type
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Smerinthinae
Grote & Robinson, 1865
Type species
Laothoe populi
Linnaeus, 1758
Diversity
77 genera,
roughly 329 species

The Smerinthinae are a subfamily of Sphingidae moths in the order Lepidoptera.

Smerinthinae taxonomy

  • Tribe Ambulycini
  • Tribe Smerinthini
  • Tribe Sphingulini

References

  • Sphingidae of the World Checklist, All-Leps Barcode of Life
Taxon identifiers
Smerinthinae