Sphingidae - Wikipedia
The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species. [1] It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region. [2]
Sphingidae museum is the second most comprehensive collection …
The Sphingidae Museum is the second most comprehensive collection of Sphingid Moths in the world. Only the Museum of Natural Sciences in London can top it in number of species that have been collected. The museum currently owns 1 325 species and more than 200 000 specimen.
天蛾科 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
天蛾科（学名： Sphingidae ）是鱗翅目的一科，科名取自希腊语“Sphinx”，即希腊神话中的怪物“斯芬克斯”。 天蛾科下轄200多個屬，約1,450個品種 [2] 。本科物種大多數於熱帶生活，但其每一個地區都有其踪影 [3] 。
List of Sphingidae species - Wikipedia
This is a species list for the family Sphingidae of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk-moths. This list contains all known species of Sphingidae in order of subfamily. There should be about 1,288 species listed. There are three subfamilies: Subfamily Macroglossinae; Subfamily Smerinthinae; Subfamily Sphinginae; The species list is ...
Sphingidae research - Natural History Museum
Our hawkmoth research aims to develop our understanding of the Sphingidae family through both morphological and DNA analysis, and provide an online taxonomy resource known as the Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. The 1,450 species of Sphingidae or hawkmoths are one of the most-studied groups of insects.
Hawk Moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) | SpringerLink
Hawk moths, family Sphingidae (also called sphinx moths, bee moths and hummingbird moths), total 1,230 species worldwide. Tropical regions of the New World, Africa and Asia have the most biodiversity.
Hawkmoths Of The World: An Annotated And Illustrated …
2003年3月4日 · Not only are sphingid larvae conspicuous (they also, typically, sport a ‘horn’ on the rear of the body), but so too are the adult moths with their narrow wings and rapid flight. Indeed, it is from the appearance of the adult that the colloquial name of ‘hawkmoths’ is derived.
Sphingidae Museum database
Welcome to the virtual tour of the Sphingidae museum. You can download our database of type specimens , as an alternative.
Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group …
Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Sphingidae of the world. "11 June 1993." In copyright. Digitized with permission granted by April K. Walsh, executor of the Charles A. Bridges estate. Contact [email protected] for more information.
Hawkmoths of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated …
2000年4月27日 · The new work revises the last world list of the species of hawkmoths (Sphingidae), by Wagner (1913-19, Lepidopterorum Catalogus, Pt. 12, 18, 21, 23) and also supercedes the last worldwide revision of the family, by Rothschild and Jordan (1903), A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae (Novit.