Smerinthini is a tribe of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the family

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, ...

. The genus was erected by

Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species of butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columbus, OH: Published by the author ...

and Herbert C. Robinson in 1865.

Taxonomy

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Acanthosphinx ''Acanthosphinx'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Its only species, ''Acanthosphinx guessfeldti'', the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879. It is ...

'' Aurivillius, 1891 *Genus ''

Afroclanis ''Afroclanis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968. Species *'' Afroclanis calcareus'' (Rothschild & Jordan 1907) *'' Afroclanis neavi'' (Hampson 1910) References Sme ...

'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Afrosataspes'' Basquin & Cadiou, 1986 *Genus ''

Afrosphinx ''Afrosphinx'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, ''Afrosphinx amabilis'', which is known from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of '' Brachystegia'' woodland. References ...

'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus ''

Agnosia Agnosia is the inability to process sensory information. Often there is a loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss. It is usually ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Amorpha'' Hübner, 1809 *Genus '' Anambulyx'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Andriasa ''Andriasa'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. Species *'' Andriasa contraria'' Walker, 1856 *'' Andriasa mitchelli'' Hayes Hayes may refer to: * Hayes (surname), including a list of pe ...

'' Walker, 1856 *Genus '' Avinoffia'' Clark, 1929 *Genus '' Cadiouclanis'' Eitschberger, 2007 *Genus ''

Callambulyx ''Callambulyx'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Species *'' Callambulyx amanda'' Rothschild & Jordan 1903 *'' Callambulyx junonia'' (Butler 1881) *'' Callambulyx kitch ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Ceridia ''Ceridia'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politic ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Chloroclanis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Clanidopsis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Clanis ''Clanis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species *''Clanis baratana'' Brechlin, 1998 *'' Clanis bilineata'' (Walker 1866) *''Clanis deucalion'' (Walker 1856) *''Clanis euroa'' Rothschild & Jord ...

'' Hübner, 1819 *Genus ''

Coequosa ''Coequosa'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. Species *'' Coequosa australasiae'' (Donovan, 1805) *'' Coequosa triangularis'' (Donovan, 1805) References Smerinthini Moth genera ...

'' Walker, 1856 *Genus '' Craspedortha'' Mell, 1922 *Genus '' Cypa'' Walker, 1865 *Genus '' Cypoides'' Matsumura, 1921 *Genus '' Daphnusa'' Walker, 1856 *Genus '' Dargeclanis'' Eitschberger, 2007 *Genus '' Degmaptera'' Hampson, 1896 *Genus '' Falcatula'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Grillotius'' Rougeot, 1973 *Genus '' Gynoeryx'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Imber'' Moulds, Tuttle & Lane, 2010 *Genus '' Langia'' Moore, 1872 *Genus ''

Laothoe In Greek mythology, Laothoe (Ancient Greek: Λαοθόη) can refer to the following women: *Laothoe, consort of King Porthaon of Calydon and mother of Sterope, Stratonice and Eurythemiste. *Laothoe or Antianeira, daughter of Menetus (Meretus) ...

'' Fabricius, 1807 *Genus ''

Larunda Larunda (also Larunde, Laranda, Lara) was a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's '' Fasti''. Ovid, '' Fasti 2''V. 599 Mythology The only known mythography attached to Lara is little, late and poetic, coming to us from Ovid's '' ...

'' Kernbach, 1954 *Genus '' Leptoclanis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Leucophlebia'' Westwood, 1847 *Genus '' Likoma'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Lophostethus ''Lophostethus'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876. Species *'' Lophostethus dumolinii'' (Angas, 1849) *'' Lophostethus negus'' Jordan, 1926 References Smerinthini Sphingid ...

'' Butler, 1876 *Genus '' Lycosphingia'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Malgassoclanis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus ''

Marumba ''Marumba'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882. Species *'' Marumba amboinicus'' (C. Felder, 1861) *'' Marumba cristata'' (Butler, 1875) *'' Marumba diehli'' Roesler & Kuppers, 1975 *'' Marum ...

'' Moore, 1882 *Genus ''

Microclanis ''Microclanis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, ''Microclanis erlangeri'', which is known from arid bush from central Tanzania to eastern and northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. References Smer ...

'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Mimas'' Hübner, 1819 *Genus ''

Morwennius ''Morwennius'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Alan Charles Cassidy, Michael G. Allen and Tony W. Harman in 2002. Its only species, ''Morwennius decoratus'', the ornamented hawkmoth, was described by Frederic Moore ...

'' Cassidy, Allen & Harman, 2002 *Genus '' Neoclanis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Neopolyptychus'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Opistoclanis'' Jordan, 1929 *Genus ''

Oplerclanis ''Oplerclanis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Ulf Eitschberger in 2007. Species *''Oplerclanis boisduvali ''Oplerclanis boisduvali'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from dry bush from Sen ...

'' Eitschberger, 2007 *Genus ''

Pachysphinx ''Pachysphinx'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Species *'' Pachysphinx modesta'' (Harris 1839) *'' Pachysphinx occidentalis'' (Edwards 1875) *'' Pachysphinx peninsul ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Paonias'' Hübner, 1819 *Genus '' Parum'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Phyllosphingia ''Phyllosphingia'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1897. Its only species, ''Phyllosphingia dissimilis'', the buff-leaf hawkmoth, was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer in 1861. Distributio ...

'' Swinhoe, 1897 *Genus ''

Phylloxiphia ''Afrosataspes'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologi ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Pierreclanis ''Pierreclanis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, ''Pierreclanis admatha'', which is known from Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the ...

'' Eitschberger, 2007 *Genus '' Platysphinx'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Poliodes'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus '' Polyptychoides'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Polyptychopsis'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus ''

Polyptychus ''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. Description They are a middle-sized to large (wingspan 65–120 ...

'' Hübner, 1819 *Genus '' Pseudandriasa'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Pseudoclanis'' Rothschild, 1894 *Genus ''

Pseudopolyptychus ''Pseudopolyptychus'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, ''Pseudopolyptychus foliaceus'', which is known from Guinea, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of C ...

'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus '' Rhadinopasa'' Karsch, 1891 *Genus '' Rhodambulyx'' Mell, 1939 *Genus '' Rhodoprasina'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *Genus ''

Rufoclanis ''Rufoclanis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968. Species *''Rufoclanis erlangeri'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) *''Rufoclanis fulgurans'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) *''Rufoclanis jansei'' ( ...

'' Carcasson, 1968 *Genus ''

Sataspes Sataspes was a Persian navigator and cavalry commander whose name is derived from Sat (=100 sad) and Asp (= Horse, Asb). He is also credited with originating the term "horse latitudes". Sataspes (who, according to Herodotus, was Xerxes I's cousi ...

'' Moore, 1858 *Genus '' Smerinthulus'' Huwe, 1895 *Genus '' Smerinthus'' Latreille, 1802 *Genus ''

Viriclanis ''Viriclanis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, ''Viriclanis kingstoni'', which is known from Tanzania. Both the genus and the species were first described by Leif Aarvik {{Short pages monitor