Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory

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Literature

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T. Akiyama, Uchiyama, H., Yajima, S., Arikawa, K., Terai, Y.2022Parallel evolution of opsin visual pigments by tuning of spectral sensitivities during the transition from nocturnal to diurnal hawkmoths
K. P. Arunkumar, Metta, M., Nagaraju, J.2006Molecular phylogeny of silkmoths reveals the origin of domesticated silkmoth, Bombyx mori from Chinese Bombyx mandarina and paternal inheritance of Antheraea proylei mitochondrial DNA
Y. Basset, Lamarre, G. P. A., Ratz, T., Segar, S. T., Decaëns, T., Rougerie, R., Miller, S. E., Perez, F., Bobadilla, R., Lopez, Y., Ramirez, J. A., Aiello, A., Barrios, H.2017The Saturniidae of Barro Colorado Island, Panama: a model taxon for studying the long-term effects of climate change?
D. A. Baum, Small, R. L., Wendel, J. F.1998Biogeography and floral evolution of baobabs ({IAdansonia}, Bombacaceae) as inferred from multiple data sets
J. W. Breinholt, Kawahara A. Y.2013Phylotranscriptomics: saturated third codon positions radically influence the estimation of trees based on next-gen data
L. W. Cardoso, Silva-Brandão, K. L., Duarte, M.2018Adhemarius eurysthenes (Felder, 1874) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) in the Atlantic Rain Forest: A phylogeographic perspective
T. Chauhan, Sidhu, A. K., Laskar, B. A., Brar, J. K., Thakur, N.2026Morphological and COI-based identification of species of the hawkmoth genus Theretra Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Himachal Pradesh, India
L. Chen, Han, X., He, Y. - H., Zhu, Z. - B., Fu, X., Bai, S. - Y., Li, Y. - P., Liu, Y. - Q.2025Mitochondrial genome and phylogeny of American silk moth Antheraea polyphemus and its Asian relatives (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
D. - B. Chen, Zhang, R. - S., Jin, X. - D., Yang, J., Li, P., Liu, Y. - Q.2021First complete mitochondrial genome of Rhodinia species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): genome description and phylogenetic implication
A. - P. Cheng, Huang, C. - C., Cheng, Y. - T., Tseng, Y. - W., Wang, C. - C., Lai, I. - L., Hung, K. - H.2022Complete mitogenome of Antheraea formosana Sonan, 1937 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): an endemic silkmoth in Taiwan
C. D. Couch, Masonick, P., Plotkin, D., Li, X., Breinholt, J. W., Rougerie, R., Barber, J. R., Kitching, I., Kawahara, A. Y.2026The evolution of proboscis length and feeding behaviour in hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
S. M. Daghmoumi2018A molecular phylogeny of the tribe Ambulycini (family: Sphingidae)
Q. - Y. Dai, Gao, Q., Wu, C. - S., Chesters, D., Zhu, C. - D., Zhang, A. - B.2012Phylogenetic reconstruction and DNA barcoding for closely related pine moth species Dendrolimus in China with multiple gene markers
M. Deng, Wang, M., Tang, C., Cai, B., Ma, G. - C., Wang, X., Huang, G. - H.2024The genus Cephonodes from Xisha islands, Hainan province, China, with description of a new species Cephonodes sanshaensis Deng & Huang, 2023 sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
M. Deng, Zwick, A., Chen, Q., Liao, C. - Q., Wang, W., Wang, X., Huang, G. - H.2023Phylogeny and classification of Endromidae (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) based on mitochondrial genomes
D. Du, Huang, Y., Naumann, S., Kitching, I. J., Xu, Z., Sun, Y., Wang, X.2022Mitochondrial genomes of two wild silkmoths, Samia watsoni and Samia wangi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), and their phylogenetic implications
J. R. Dupuis, Peigler, R. S., Geib, S. M., Rubinoff, D.2018Phylogenomics supports incongruence between ecological specialization and taxonomy in a charismatic clade of buck moths
H. L. Friend, Volkova, J. S., Saldaitis, A., Sulak, H., Junnila, A., Yakovlev, R. V., Knyazev, S. A., Müller, G. C., Revay, E. E., Prozorova, T. A., Prozorov, A. M.2026Description of Gaiarana asterae gen. et sp. n. from Namaqualand-Richtersveld steppe (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae)
H. R. Ghanavi, Twort, V., Hartman, T. J., Zahiri, R., Wahlberg, N.2022The (non) accuracy of mitochondrial genomes for family-level phylogenetics in Erebidae (Lepidoptera)
D. Haji, Chaturvedi, S., Nguyen, O. H., Chumchim, N., Toro-Vargas, D. M., Díaz-Díaz, J., Lozano-Morales, L. V., Bravo, G. A., González, G., Whiteman, N. K.2026Genome assembly and venom gene mapping in the medically important moth Lonomia casanarensis (Saturniidae: Hemileucinae)
D. Haji, Chaturvedi, S., Nguyen, O. H., Chumchim, N., Toro-Vargas, D. M., Díaz-Díaz, J., Lozano-Morales, L. V., Bravo, G. A., González, C., Whiteman, N. K.2026Genome assembly and venom gene mapping in the medically important moth Lonomia casanarensis (Saturniidae: Hemileucinae)
M. Heikkilä, Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N., Sihvonen, P., Kaila, L.2015Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera)
D. Herbin2021The Phiditiidae in French Guiana (Lepidoptera Bombycoidea)
D. Herbin, Grados, J., Giusti, A.2024Diversity in Lepidoptera: a case of cryptic species, with description of a new genus and thirteen new species of Apatelodidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea)
Y. - X. Huang, Zhu, X. - S., Zhang, H., Qi, L. Q., Jin, H. Z., Bian, C. L., Chen, W. L., Wang, X.2022Complete mitochondrial genome of Kentrochrysalis streckeri (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and phylogenetic analysis
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Kitching I. J.2020Ancient incomplete lineage sorting of Hyles and Rhodafra (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Kitching, I. J., Wink, M.2005A molecular phylogeny of the hawkmoth genus Hyles (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, Macroglossinae)
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Kitching, I. J., Wink, M.2005The phylogeny of the Hyles euphorbiae complex (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): molecular evidence from sequence data and ISSR-PCR fingerprints
N. Ivshin, Krutov, V., Romanov, D.2018Three new taxa of the genus Cechetra Zolotuhin & Ryabov, 2012 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from South-East Asia with notes on other species of the genus
N. Ivshin, Melichar, T., Romanov, D.2023A new species of the genus Macroglossum Scopoli, 1777 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from Malay peninsula and northeast India
Z. - H. Jiang, Kitching, I. J., Xu, Z. - D., Xu, Z. - B., Yan, M., Yu, W. - B., Liu, C. - Q., Hu, S. - J.2025A review of the genus Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from China based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses, with the description of a new species
Z. - H. Jiang, Wang, J. - X., Xu, X. - D., Wang, X., Hu, S. - J.2026A revised checklist of the genus Eupanacra Cadiou & Holloway, 1989 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from China based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses
Z. - H. Jiang, Wang, J. - X., Xu, Z. - B., Kitching, I. J., Huang, C. - L., Hu, S. - J., Xiao, Y. - L.2024Revision of the genus Rhagastis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from China, based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses
N. Kaur, Singh D.2021Studies on DNA barcoding of some Indian species of hawk moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
A. Y. Kawahara, Barber J. R.2015Tempo and mode of antibat ultrasound production and sonar jamming in the diverse hawkmoth radiation
A. Y. Kawahara, Breinholt, J. W., Ponce, F. V., Haxaire, J., Lei, X., Lamarre, G. P. A., Rubinoff, D., Kitching, I. J.2013Evolution of Manduca sexta hornworms and relatives: biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral diversification in Central America
A. Y. Kawahara, Mignault, A. A., Regier, J. C., Kitching, I. J., Mitter, C.2009Phylogeny and biogeography of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): evidence from five nuclear genes
M. Khan, Joshi, M., Espeland, M., Huemer, P., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Mutanen, M.2024Patterns of speciation in a parapatric pair of Saturnia moths as revealed by target capture
M. J. Kim, Kim, S. - S., Choi, S. - W., Cho, Y., Kim, I.2016DNA data and morphology reveal the existence of Kentrochrysalis streckeri Staudinger, 1880 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) instead of K. consimilis in South Korea
V. Krutov, Ivshin, N., Romanov, D.2020Two new species of the genus Macroglossum Scopoli, [1777] (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from Sulawesi
V. Krutov, Ivshin, N., Romanov, D.2020New taxa of the "crotonis group" of the genus Xylophanes Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae), with notes on related species
Y. - Y. Kuo, Chang, J. - C., Li, Y. - H., Huang, Y. - F., Wu, T. - Y., Nai, Y. - S.2024The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Rhagastis binoculata (Matsumura, 1909) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
X. Li, Hamilton, C. A., St Laurent, R. A., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Markee, A., Haxaire, J., Rougerie, R., Kitching, I. J., Kawahara, A. Y.2022A diversification relay race from Caribbean-Mesoamerica to the Andes: historical biogeography of Xylophanes hawkmoths
J. Li, Lin, R. - R., Zhang, Y. - Y., Hu, K. - J., Zhao, Y. - Q., Li, Y., Huang, Z. - R., Zhang, X., Geng, X. - X., Ding, J. - H.2018Characterization of the complete mitochondrial DNA of Theretra japonica and its phylogenetic position within the Sphingidae (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
R. - J. Lin, Lin, Y. - C., Hsu, Y. - F.2021Systematic position of Bombyx incomposita (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae), with notes on its immature biology and hostplant association
Z. Liu, Cao X.2024Rondotia melanoleuca sp. nov., a new wild-mulberry silkworm from China (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae)
Z. Liu, Hu, C., He, M.2025Antheraea castanea Jordan, 1910, the neglected "pseudomuga" silkmoth (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae)
X. F. Liu, Yang, C. H., Han, H. L., Ward, R. D., Zhang, A.2014Identifying species of moths (Lepidoptera) from Baihua Mountain, Beijing, China, using DNA barcodes
Q. Lu, Yao, H., Zhang, J., Xu, H., Jiang, C.2021The complete mitogenome sequence of the hawk moth, Theretra latreillii subsp. lucasii (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Zhejiang Province, China
Y. - F. Meng, Chen, C. - F., Huang, Y. - X., Wang, X., Zhang, B.2022Phylogenetic relationship and characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Smerinthus planus (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

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