Sphingini is a

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...

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 tribe 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.

Taxonomy

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Amphimoea ''Amphimoea'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, ''Amphimoea walkeri'', the Darwin hawkmoth, described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse ...

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Amphonyx ''Amphonyx'' is a genus of hawkmoths in the family Sphingidae erected by Felipe Poey Felipe Poey (May 26, 1799 – January 28, 1891) was a Cuban zoologist. Biography Poey was born in Havana, the son of French and Spanish parents. He spent s ...

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Apocalypsis Apocalypse () is a literary genre in which a supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a human intermediary. The means of mediation include dreams, visions and heavenly journeys, and they typically feature symbolic imager ...

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Ceratomia ''Ceratomia'' is a genus of hawkmoths (family Sphingidae). The genus was erected by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839. Species include: Species *'' Ceratomia amyntor'' (Geyer 1835) *''Ceratomia catalpae'' (Boisduval 1875) *'' Ceratomia hageni'' G ...

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Cocytius ''Cocytius'' is a genus of hawkmoths (family Sphingidae). The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species , the Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory accepts eight species. The genera '' Amphonyx'', ''Ancistrognathus'', '' Morcocytius'' and '' ...

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Dolba ''Dolba'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Francis Walker in 1856. Its only species, ''Dolba hyloeus'', the pawpaw sphinx, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. Distribution The pawpaw sphinx ranges throug ...

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Dolbogene ''Dolbogene'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, ''Dolbogene hartwegii'', or Hartweg's sphinx, was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It ...

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Dovania ''Dovania'' 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 ...

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Ellenbeckia ''Ellenbeckia'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, consisting of one species ''Ellenbeckia monospila'', which is known from arid areas in Kenya and Somalia. The length of the forewings is about 19 mm for males and 21 mm f ...

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Euryglottis ''Euryglottis'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and phy ...

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Hoplistopus ''Hoplistopus'' 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, pol ...

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Ihlegramma ''Ihlegramma'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae containing only one known species, ''Ihlegramma ihlei'', which is known from Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະ ...

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Isoparce ''Isoparce'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Species *'' Isoparce cupressi'' (Boisduval, 875 __NOTOC__ Year 875 ( DCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sat ...

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Leucomonia ''Leucomonia'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, ''Leucomonia bethia'', which is known from New South Wales and Queensland. Adults have grey forewings, each with some dark angular lines and a dark dot nea ...

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Lintneria ''Lintneria'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing the following species: *'' Lintneria arthuri'' (Rothschild, 1897) *'' Lintneria aurigutta'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) *''Lintneria balsae'' (Schaus, 1932) *'' Lintneria biol ...

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Litosphingia ''Litosphingia'' is a genus of moths 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 includ ...

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Lomocyma ''Lomocyma'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, ''Lomocyma oegrapha'', first described by Paul Mabille in 1884, lives in Madagascar Madagascar (; ...

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Macropoliana ''Macropoliana'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968. It is found in Central and Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, sout ...

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Manduca ''Manduca'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, the hawkmoths. The genus is used as a model in the biological sciences. The tobacco hornworm (''Manduca sexta'') and the tomato hornworm (''M. quinquemaculata'') in particular have bee ...

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Meganoton ''Meganoton'' is a genus of moths 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 ...

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Morcocytius ''Morcocytius'' is a genus of hawkmoths containing only one species, ''Morcocytius mortuorum'', which is known from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The average wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance ...

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Nannoparce ''Nannoparce'' 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, politi ...

'' *Genus '' Neococytius'' *Genus ''

Neogene The Neogene ( ), informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary, is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period Mya. ...

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Oligographa ''Oligographa'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species ''Oligographa juniperi'', which is known from South Africa and Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny ...

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Panogena ''Panogena'' 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, politici ...

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Pantophaea ''Pantophaea'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Karl Jordan in 1946. Species *'' Pantophaea favillacea'' (Walker 1866) *'' Pantophaea jordani'' (Joicey & Talbot 1916) *'' Pantophaea oneili'' (Clark 1925) ...

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Paratrea ''Paratrea'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1903. Its single species, ''Paratrea plebeja'', the plebeian sphinx moth, was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777. It is ...

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Poliana Poliana may refer to: Genus * ''Poliana'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae People * Poliana Abritta, a Brazilian journalist * Poliana Barbosa Medeiros, known as Poliana (footballer), a Brazilian footballer * Poliana Botelho ...

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Praedora ''Praedora'' 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, politi ...

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Pseudococytius ''Pseudococytius'' is a genus of hawkmoths. The single species, ''Pseudococytius beelzebuth'' was placed in ''Cocytius'' for a long time. Distribution It is found from Nicaragua and Costa Rica south through Venezuela to Brazil, Bolivia and Ven ...

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Pseudodolbina ''Pseudodolbina'' 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, p ...

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Psilogramma ''Psilogramma'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. Species *''Psilogramma andamanica'' Brechlin, 2001 *''Psilogramma angelika'' Eitschberger, 2004 *''Psilogramma anne'' Eitschberger, 2001 *''Psilogramma argos'' Moulds & Lane, 1999 *' ...

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Sagenosoma ''Sagenosoma'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, the elsa sphinx moth (''Sagenosoma elsa''), which is known from the south-western United States (Arizona, western New Mexico, southern Utah and Colorado) ...

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Sphingidites ''Sphingidites'' is an extinct and monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae. Its only species is ''Sphingidites weidneri''. It is a compression fossil of a prepupal larva. Both the genus and species were first described by Kurt Kernbach ...

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Sphinx A sphinx ( , grc, σφίγξ , Boeotian: , plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon. In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches o ...

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Thamnoecha ''Thamnoecha'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, ''Thamnoecha uniformis'', first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875, is known from the Himala ...

'' *Genus '' Xanthopan''

Gallery

Amphimoea walkeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 70 Guapimirim caneca fina male.jpg, ''

'' Amphonyx lucifer MHNT CUT 2010 0 67 Itatiaia National Park female.jpg, ''

'' Apocalypsis velox MHNT CUT 2010 0 94 Assam India female.jpg, ''

'' Ceratomia undulosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 323 Paroisse de Saint-Hilaire Nouveau-Brunswick Canada male.jpg , ''

'' Cocytius duponchel MHNT CUT 2010 0 466 - San Joaquín de Navay Tachira Venezuela - Male.jpg, ''

'' Dolba hyloeus MHNT CUT 2010 0 480 - Alvin, Berkley Co, South Carolina - male.jpg, ''

'' Isoparce cupressi MHNT CUT 2010 0 481 Edgard, St John, Louisiana, male.jpg, ''

'' Lapara bombycoides MHNT CUT 2010 0 151 Lake Katerine Oneida County, Wisconsin, male.jpg, '' Lapara'' Lintneria merops MHNT CUT 2010 0 352 Catemaco Mexico male.jpg, ''

'' Manduca lucetius MHNT CUT 2010 0 12 Itatiaia National Park Brasil.jpg, ''

'' Meganoton analis gressitti MHNT CUT 2010 0 35 Taïwan male.jpg, ''

'' Nannoparce balsa MHNT CUT 2010 0 480 Mexico Male.jpg, ''

Nannoparce balsa ''Nannoparce balsa'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the ...

'' Pseudococytius beelzebuth MHNT CUT 2010 0 362 Guapi-mirim, Estado do Rio, Brazil, female.jpg, ''

'' Pseudodolbina fo MHNT CUT 2010 0 94 Nainital (Kumaon) India male.jpg, ''

'' Psilogramma menephron MHNT CUT 2010 0 33 Doi Inthanon Chiang Mai Thailande.jpg, ''

'' Sphinx pinastri MHNT female.jpg, ''

References

Sphinginae {{Sphinginae-stub