''Smerinthus'' is a

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genus of hawk

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 in 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, ...

. It was described by

Pierre André Latreille Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoology, zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained hi ...

in 1802. Adults have conspicuous eyespots on the hindwings.

Species

*'' Smerinthus astarte'' Strecker,

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/small> *'' Smerinthus caecus'' Menetries, 1857 *'' Smerinthus cerisyi'' Kirby, 1837 *'' Smerinthus jamaicensis'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Smerinthus kindermannii'' Lederer, 1853 *''

Smerinthus minor ''Smerinthus minor'', the lesser eyed hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Rudolf Mell in 1937. It is a montane species found from the Taibai Shan area, western Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi, China eastwards along the ...

'' Mell, 1937 *''

Smerinthus ocellatus ''Smerinthus ocellatus'', the eyed hawk-moth, is a European moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. The eyespots are not visible in resting position, ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Smerinthus ophthalmica'' Boisduval, 1855 *'' Smerinthus planus'' Walker, 1856 *''

Smerinthus saliceti ''Smerinthus saliceti'', the Salicet sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was Species description, first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Distribution It is found in valleys and along streamsides from Mexico Ci ...

'' Boisduval, 1875 *'' Smerinthus szechuanus'' (Clark, 1938) *'' Smerinthus tokyonis'' Matsumura, 1921 *''

Smerinthus visinskasi ''Smerinthus visinskasi'' is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-western Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and part ...

'' Zolotuhin & Saldaitis, 2009 Smerinthus caecus MHNT CUT 2010 0 368 Shibecha Hokkaido Japon male.jpg, '' Smerinthus caecus'' Smerinthus cerisyi MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, male.jpg, '' Smerinthus cerisyi '' Smerinthus jamaicensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 389 Baltimore male.jpg, '' Smerinthus jamaicensis'' Smerinthus kindermannii kindermannii MHNT CUT 2010 391, Château Ksara Liban, male.jpg, '' Smerinthus kindermannii'' Smerinthus ocellatus MHNT CUT 2010 0 330 Autouillet, Yvelines, France, male.jpg, ''

'' Smerinthus ophthalmica MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Berkeley (La Loma) California USA male.jpg, '' Smerinthus ophthalmica'' Smerinthus planus MHNT CUT 2010 0 368 Fujinomiya Japon male.jpg, '' Smerinthus planus'' Smerinthus saliceti MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Phoenix Co, Arizona, male.jpg, ''

'' Smerinthus szechuanus MHNT CUT 2010 0 166 China Shaanxi Daba Shan 1800m male.jpg, '' Smerinthus szechuanus'' Smerinthus tokyonis MHNT CUT 2010 0 391 Susa, Sada, Shimane, Japan.jpg, '' Smerinthus tokyonis''

Nomenclatural note

The name ''Smerinthus'' is apparently derived from the Greek feminine noun 'Merinthos', but has been Latinised with the masculine -us ending and is thus, according to the

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article 30.1.3,International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 4th Edition, 1999
Article 30.1.3. masculine.Paclt, J. (1978)
"The Nomenclature in an important British checklist (1972): part 4: correct gender for some other generic names"
''Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera''. 17: 24-26. As the ICZN rules that species names that are adjectives should agree in gender with the genus name, the common use of ''Smerinthus ocellata'' for the widespread European species ''Smerinthus ocellatus'' is incorrect.

References

{{Taxonbar , from=Q135340 Smerinthini Moth genera Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille