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Sphingidae

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family sphingidaenoun	hawkmoths

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family sphingidaenoun	hawkmoths
hawkmothsnoun	Alternative form of hawk moth. [Any moth of the family Sphingidae.]
pyralidae	The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea.
mothnoun	Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
taxonomy of the lepidoptera	The insect order Lepidoptera consists of moths and butterflies (43 superfamilies).
fall armywormnoun	A fall armyworm moth (Spodoptera frugiperda), especially it larva stage, which is highly destructive of food crops and grasses.
sesiidae	The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are a diurnal moth family in the order Lepidoptera known for their Batesian mimicry in both appearance and behaviour of various Hymenoptera.
calliphoridae	The (commonly known as blowflies, blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, or greenbottles) a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species.
halysidota tessellaris	Halysidota tessellaris, also called the pale tiger moth, banded tussock moth, and tessellated halisidota, is in the family Erebidae and the tribe Arctiini, the tiger moths.
longhorn beetlenoun	Any beetle from the Cerambycidae family, notable for their extremely long antennae.
pteromalidae	a large family of wasps, the majority being parasitoids of other insects.
hummingbird hawkmothnoun	Any of various sphingid moths of the genus Macroglossum, especially Macroglossum stellatarum, which, like hummingbirds, hover in front of flowers to feed.
luna mothnoun	(entomology) A large, green American moth, Actias luna, that has crescent-shaped marks on its wings.
silkmothnoun	Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the family Lasiocampidae).
mantispidae	Mantispidae, commonly known as mantidflies, mantispids, mantid lacewings, mantisflies or mantis-flies, is a family of small to moderate-sized insects in the order Neuroptera.
pieridae	a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.
arctiinae	The (formerly called the family Arctiidae) a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.
garden tiger moth	The garden tiger moth or great tiger mothArctia caja, Butterflies and Moths of North America (Arctia caja) is a moth of the family Erebidae.
lonomia obliqua	a species of saturniid moth ("giant silk moth") from South America.
lophocampa caryae	Lophocampa caryae, the hickory tiger moth, hickory tussock moth, or hickory halisidota, is a moth in the family Erebidae and the tribe Arctiini, the tiger moths.