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Taxonomy
Smerinthinae Grote & Robinson, 1865
Nomenclature
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Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily:
Smerinthinae Grote & Robinson, 1865
Usage:
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Type data:
Type genus: Smerinthus Latreille, [1802], in: Sonnini, Hist. nat. gén. particulière Crustacés Insectes 3: 401.
Taxonomic Notes:
Smerinthinae is here divided into five named tribes and two informal genus-groups (based on Kitching & Cadiou, 2000), with a number of genera remaining incertae sedis within the subfamily. These genera do not at the moment have any clear membership of the tribes and genus-groups and resolution of their phylogenetic relationships awaits further study of their morphology and DNA sequence data.
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Synonyms: 1