SPHINGIDAE
(hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth)

Interactions where SPHINGIDAE is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower Major Gymnadenia conopsea Fragrant Orchid, Common Fragrant-orchid Asparagales: Orchidaceae Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Sphingidaehawk or sphinx moths, hawk-mothadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Gymnadenia conopsea/Gymnadenia conopseafragrant orchid, common fragrant-orchidflowerMajor
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower Platanthera bifolia Lesser Butterfly-orchid Asparagales: Orchidaceae Is spur length of Platanthera species in the British Isles adaptively optimized or an evolutionary red herring?, Bateman, R.M. & Sexton, R., 2008
Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Sphingidaehawk or sphinx moths, hawk-mothadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Platanthera bifolia/Platanthera bifolialesser butterfly-orchidflower
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower ForeignMinor Platanthera chlorantha Greater Butterfly-orchid Asparagales: Orchidaceae Is spur length of Platanthera species in the British Isles adaptively optimized or an evolutionary red herring?, Bateman, R.M. & Sexton, R., 2008
Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Sphingidaehawk or sphinx moths, hawk-mothadult Plant / pollinatedForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Platanthera chlorantha/Platanthera chloranthagreater butterfly-orchidflowerMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Bateman, R.M. & Sexton, R., 2008Is spur length of Platanthera species in the British Isles adaptively optimized or an evolutionary red herring?Watsonia Vol 27, part 1: 1-21.
Harrap, A. & S., 2009Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide2nd edition, 480pp, A&C Black Publishers Ltd

SPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Laothoe populi
Poplar Hawk-moth
Species 3 trophisms
MACROGLOSSINAE
a subfamily of moths
Subfamily 7 subtaxa 9 trophisms 7 references
Mimas tiliae
Lime Hawk-moth
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Smerinthus ocellata
Eyed Hawk-moth
Species 6 trophisms 1 references
SPHINGINAE
a subfamily of moths
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 14 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth)
SuperfamilyBOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth)

SPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Heath, J. & Skelton, M.J. 1973 Provisional atlas of the insects of the British Isles. Part 2: Lepidoptera (Moths - part one) 102pp, Biological Records Centre
Jones, G. 1990 Prey Selection by the Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum): Optimal Foraging by Echolocation? Journal of Animal Ecology Vol 59 (2): 587-602.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 232 images of SPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth)
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