Sphinginae

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Subfamily of moths

title: "Sphinginae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sphinginae", "sphingidae", "moth-subfamilies"] description: "Subfamily of moths" topic_path: "general/sphinginae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinginae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Subfamily of moths ::

| image = Acherontia lachesis MHNT Female Nîlgîri (Tamil Nadu) Dorsal.jpg | image_caption = The greater death's head hawkmoth (Acherontia lachesis) | taxon = Sphinginae | authority = Latreille, 1802 | type_species = Sphinx ligustri | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | diversity = About 40 genera, over 200 species | diversity_link = List of Sphingidae species#Subfamily Sphinginae | subdivision_ranks = Tribes | subdivision =

  • Acherontiini
  • Sphingini :and see text | synonyms =
  • Manducinae Tutt, 1902
  • Semapnohorae Rothschild & Jordan

The Sphinginae are a subfamily of the hawkmoths (Sphingidae), moths of the order Lepidoptera. The subfamily was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Notable taxa include the pink-spotted hawkmoth (Agrius cingulata), being a very common and recognizable species, the death's-head hawkmoths (Acherontia species) of Silence of the Lambs fame, and Xanthopan morganii with its enormous proboscis.

Systematics

References

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