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Dolba hyloeus Drury, 1773

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Dolba hyloeus Drury, 1773
Name authority
Drury, 1773
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Dolba
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderLepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
  7. superfamilyBombycoidea
  8. familySphingidae
  9. subfamilySphinginae
  10. tribeSphingini
  11. genusDolba Walker, 1856
  12. speciesDolba hyloeus Drury, 1773

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 24 records assigned to Sphingidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Dolba schausi Clark, 1917 Clark, 1917synonym
Dolba floridensis Clark, 1919 Clark, 1919synonym
Dolba prini Smith, 1797 Smith, 1797synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Drury. (1773). Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Figures of exotic insects, &c. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125982#page/60/mode/2upSource fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:374B2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.