SPHINGOIDEA
(hawk or sphinx moths)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilySPHINGOIDEA (hawk or sphinx moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1979 Sphingidae to Noctuidae (Noctuinae & Hadeninae) (vol 9) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 9, Harley Books
Ford, R.L.E. 1963 *** The Observer’s Book of Larger Moths ***(Superseded) Observer's Books, No 14, Revised edition edition, 224pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

SPHINGOIDEA (hawk or sphinx moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SPHINGOIDEA (hawk or sphinx moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SPHINGOIDEA (hawk or sphinx moths)
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