The Macroglossinae are a subfamily of
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths ( Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, ...
moths in the order
Lepidoptera. The subfamily is divided into three tribes:
Dilophonotini
Dilophonotini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Hermann Burmeister in 1878.
Taxonomy
* Subtribe Dilophonotina Burmeister, 1878
** Genus ''Aellopos'' Hübner, 1819
** Genus ''Aleuron'' Boisduval, 1870
** Genus '' Baniwa' ...
,
Macroglossini
Macroglossini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.
Taxonomy
* Subtribe Choerocampina Grote & Robinson, 1865
**Genus ''Basiothia'' Walker, 1856
**Genus '' Cechenena'' Rothschild & Jorda ...
and
Philampelini.
References
Sphingidae of the World Checklist All-Leps Barcode of Life
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Moth subfamilies