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.