Macroglossinae | |
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Hummingbird hawk moth Macroglossum stellatarum |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
(unranked): | Macrolepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Subfamily: |
Macroglossinae Harris, 1839 |
Type species | |
Macroglossum stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Diversity | |
86 genera, roughly 733 species |
The Macroglossinae are a sub-family of Sphingidae moths in the order Lepidoptera. The subfamily is divided into three tribes: Dilophonotini, Macroglossini and Philampelini.