Smerinthus is a Holarctic genus of hawkmoths in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.[1] Adults have conspicuous eyespots on the hindwings.
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| Smerinthus ocellatus, type species for the genus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Smerinthini |
| Genus: | Smerinthus Latreille, 1802 |
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Species
edit- Smerinthus astarte Strecker, [1885][2]
- Smerinthus caecus Menetries, 1857
- Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, 1837
- Smerinthus jamaicensis (Drury, 1773)
- Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853
- Smerinthus minor Mell, 1937
- Smerinthus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Smerinthus ophthalmica Boisduval, 1855
- Smerinthus planus Walker, 1856
- Smerinthus saliceti Boisduval, 1875
- Smerinthus szechuanus (Clark, 1938)
- Smerinthus tokyonis Matsumura, 1921
- Smerinthus visinskasi Zolotuhin & Saldaitis, 2009
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Nomenclatural note
editThe name Smerinthus is apparently derived from the Greek feminine noun 'Merinthos', but has been Latinised with the masculine -us ending and is thus, according to the ICZN article 30.1.3,[3] masculine.[4] As the ICZN rules that species names that are adjectives should agree in gender with the genus name, the common use of Smerinthus ocellata for the widespread European species Smerinthus ocellatus is incorrect.
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Smerinthus Latreille, [1802]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ "Smerinthus astarte [Strecker, [1885] ]". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 4th Edition, 1999, Article 30.1.3.
- ^ Paclt, J. (1978). "The Nomenclature in an important British checklist (1972): part 4: correct gender for some other generic names". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 17: 24-26.