Smerinthus
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Smerinthus is a genus of moth
s and part of the Sphingidae
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s and part of the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
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Species
- (Smerinthus atlanticus) - Austaut, 1890
- Smerinthus caecusSmerinthus caecusThe Northern Eyed Hawkmoth is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Russia from St. Petersburg and Moscow to the Ural Mountains and across western Siberia and north-eastern Kazakhstan to the Altai Mountains...
- Menetries, 1857 - Smerinthus cerisyiSmerinthus cerisyiThe One-eyed Sphinx or Cerisy's Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from south-eastern Alaska, the southern parts of all Canadian provinces and in the northern border states of the United States south into northern Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio and along the west coast to...
- Kirby, 1837 - Smerinthus jamaicensisSmerinthus jamaicensisThe Twin-spotted Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is widely distributed across North America and is found everywhere except in the southern half of western California...
- (Drury, 1773) - Smerinthus kindermanniiSmerinthus kindermanniiSmerinthus kindermannii is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found throughout the central Palaearctic Region, from Turkey, Cyprus and Lebanon, east through Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and northern Pakistan to Kashmir. From there, north and north-east through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,...
- Lederer, 1853 - Smerinthus minorSmerinthus minorThe Lesser Eyed Hawkmoth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It was described by Mell in 1937. It is a montane species found from the Taibai Shan area, western Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi, China eastwards along the Qinling to southern Shanxi and then north to just west of Beijing...
- Mell, 1937 - Smerinthus ocellataSmerinthus ocellataSmerinthus ocellata, known as the Eyed Hawk-Moth, is a European moth of the family Sphingidae.The eyespots are not visible in resting position, where the forewings cover them...
- (Linnaeus, 1758) - Smerinthus ophthalmicaSmerinthus ophthalmicaSmerinthus ophthalmica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It was described by Boisduval in 1855 . It is found from California to Alberta.-Taxonomy:...
- Boisduval, 1855 - Smerinthus planusSmerinthus planusThe Oriental Eyed Hawkmoth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It was described by Walker in 1856. It is found from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia and south-eastern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and Taiwan to Hainan, Yunnan and eastern...
- Walker, 1856 - Smerinthus salicetiSmerinthus salicetiThe Salicet Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in valleys and along streamsides from Mexico City north to western Texas, southern Arizona and extreme southern California....
- Boisduval, 1875 - Smerinthus szechuanusSmerinthus szechuanusSmerinthus szechuanus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It was described by Clark in 1938. It is known from Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and Hunan in China....
- (Clark, 1938) - Smerinthus tokyonisSmerinthus tokyonisSmerinthus tokyonis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It was described by Matsumura in 1921. It is known from Honshu and Shikoku in Japan.Adults have been recorded in June....
- Matsumura, 1921 - Smerinthus visinskasiSmerinthus visinskasiSmerinthus visinskasi is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from north-western Kazakhstan....
- Zolotuhin & Saldaitis, 2009