Sphinx (moth)

Sphinx
Sphinx ligustri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Subfamily:	Sphinginae
Tribe:	Sphingini
Genus:	Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Spectrum Scopoli, 1777 Mesosphinx Cockerell, 1920 Lethia Hübner, 1819 Hyloicus Hübner, 1819 Hyloecus Kuznetsova, 1906 Hyloecus Agassiz, 1846 Herse Oken, 1815 Herse Agassiz, 1846 Gargantua Kirby, 1892

Sphinx is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing the following species:

A Sphinx species

• Sphinx adumbrata (Dyar 1912)
• Sphinx asella (Rothschild & Jordan 1903)
• Sphinx caligineus (Butler 1877)
• Sphinx canadensis (Boisduval 1875)
• Sphinx centrosinaria Kitching & Jin 1998
• Sphinx chersis (Hubner 1823)
• Sphinx chisoya (Schaus 1932)
• Sphinx constricta Butler 1885
• Sphinx crassistriga (Rothschild & Jordan 1903)
• Sphinx dollii Neumoegen 1881
• Sphinx drupiferarum JE Smith 1797
• Sphinx formosana Riotte 1970
• Sphinx franckii Neumoegen 1893
• Sphinx gordius Cramer 1779
• Sphinx kalmiae JE Smith 1797
• Sphinx leucophaeata Clemens 1859
• Sphinx libocedrus Edwards 1881
• Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus 1758
• Sphinx luscitiosa Clemens 1859
• Sphinx maurorum (Jordan 1931)
• Sphinx morio (Rothschild & Jordan 1903)
• Sphinx nogueirai Haxaire, 2002
• Sphinx oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan 1903)
• Sphinx perelegans Edwards 1874
• Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus 1758
• Sphinx poecila Stephens 1828
• Sphinx sequoiae Boisduval 1868
• Sphinx vashti Strecker 1878

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