Smerinthinae

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Smerinthinae
Laothoe populi, species type
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Smerinthinae
Grote & Robinson, 1865
Type species
Laothoe populi
Diversity
77 genera,
roughly 329 species

The Smerinthinae is a subfamily of moth. It is in the family of Sphingidae. It is in the order of Lepidoptera. It has three tribes, Ambulycini, Smerinthini and Sphingulini.

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