NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Sphingini
  Subfamily - Sphinginae
  Family - Sphingidae
  Superfamily - Bombycoidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Sphinx canadensis
      Species - Sphinx kalmiae
      Species - Sphinx gordius
      Species - Sphinx drupiferarum
      Species - Sphinx asellus
      Species - Sphinx chersis
      Species - Sphinx chisoya
      Species - Sphinx dollii
      Species - Sphinx franckii
      Species - Sphinx leucophaeata
      Species - Sphinx libocedrus
      Species - Sphinx luscitiosa
      Species - Sphinx perelegans
      Species - Sphinx poecila
      Species - Sphinx sequoiae
      Species - Sphinx vashti