The first sex pheromone of a Sphinx moth has been isolated from Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) with the aid of an electroantennogram assay. It is attractive to males in a field test where its activity might be augmented by a second component in female extracts. Chemical tests and chromatographic properties identify the pheromone as a C16-aldehyde with a pair of conjugated double bonds....

• First mitogenome of subfamily Langiinae has been sequenced. All four currently recognized subfamilies were recovered as monophyletic. was the first to diverge within Sphingidae. Barbourion suggested be removed from Ambulycini, and placed in “Smerinthinae incertae sedis”. To date, a relatively complete classification Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) generated, but phylogeny family remains need fully r...

Family Sphingidae belonging to Order Lepidoptera whose members are commonly known as Hawk moths or Sphinx moths. There three subfamilies of this family named Macroglossinae, Smerinthinae and Sphinginae. hawkmoths distributed all over the world mostly preferring tropical areas. is very less literature available on hawkmoths, so an attempt made understand diversity patterns throughout India. The ...