What is Sphinginae?
{{Taxobox | name = Sphinginae | image = Acherontia lachesis MHNT Female Nîlgîri (Tamil Nadu) Dorsal.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = The [[death's-head hawkmoth]] ''[[Acherontia lachesis]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropoda]] | classis = [[Insecta]] | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | unranked_familia = [[Macrolepidoptera]] | superfamilia = [[Bombycoidea]] | familia = [[Sphingidae]] | subfamilia = '''Sphinginae''' }} The '''Sphinginae''' are a [[subfamily]] of the [[hawkmoth]]s (Sphingidae), [[moth]]s of the order [[Lepidoptera]]. Notable [[taxa]] include the [[Agrius cingulata|pink-spotted hawkmoth]], ''Agrius cingulata'', a very common and easily spotted species, the [[Deaths head moth|death's-head hawkmoth]] (''Acherontia'' spp.) of ''[[Silence of the Lambs]]'' fame, and ''[[Xanthopan morgani]]'' with its huge [[proboscis]]. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Sphinginae|*]]