title: Smerinthus
text: # Smerinthus
  
  Smerinthus is a Holarctic genus of hawkmoths in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Adults have conspicuous eyespots on the hindwings.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Smerinthus astarte Strecker, [1885]
  * Smerinthus caecus Menetries, 1857
  * Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, 1837
  * Smerinthus jamaicensis (Drury, 1773)
  * Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853
  * Smerinthus minor Mell, 1937
  * Smerinthus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Smerinthus ophthalmica Boisduval, 1855
  * Smerinthus planus Walker, 1856
  * Smerinthus saliceti Boisduval, 1875
  * Smerinthus szechuanus (Clark, 1938)
  * Smerinthus tokyonis Matsumura, 1921
  * Smerinthus visinskasi Zolotuhin & Saldaitis, 2009
  * Smerinthus caecus
  * Smerinthus cerisyi
  * Smerinthus jamaicensis
  * Smerinthus kindermannii
  * Smerinthus ocellatus
  * Smerinthus ophthalmica
  * Smerinthus planus
  * Smerinthus saliceti
  * Smerinthus szechuanus
  * Smerinthus tokyonis
  
  ## Nomenclatural note
  
  The name Smerinthus is apparently derived from the Greek feminine noun 'Merinthos', but has been Latinised with the masculine -us ending and is thus, according to the ICZN article 30.1.3, masculine. As the ICZN rules that species names that are adjectives should agree in gender with the genus name, the common use of Smerinthus ocellata for the widespread European species Smerinthus ocellatus is incorrect.
  
  