Sphinginae

Sphinginae
	The greater death's head hawkmoth (Acherontia lachesis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Subfamily:	Sphinginae; Latreille, 1802
Type species
	Sphinx ligustri; Linnaeus, 1758
Tribes
	Acherontiini; Sphingini; and see text
Diversity
	About 40 genera,; over 200 species
Synonyms
	Manducinae Tutt, 1902; Semapnohorae Rothschild & Jordan;

The Sphinginae are a subfamily of the hawkmoths (Sphingidae), moths of the order Lepidoptera. The subfamily was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Notable taxa include the pink-spotted hawkmoth (Agrius cingulata), being a very common and recognizable species, the death's-head hawkmoths (Acherontia species) of Silence of the Lambs fame, and Xanthopan morganii with its enormous proboscis.

Systematics