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Tinostoma smaragditis  (Meyrick, 1899)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 936137

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Fabulous Green Sphinx of Kauai [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyBombycoidea   
                                     FamilySphingidae Latreille, 1802 – hawk moths, hornworms, sphinx moths  
                                        SubfamilyMacroglossinae Harris, 1839  
                                           TribePhilampelini Burmeister, 1878  
                                              GenusTinostoma Rothschild and Jordan, 1903  
                                                 SpeciesTinostoma smaragditis (Meyrick, 1899) – Fabulous Green Sphinx of Kauai  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kitching, Ian J., and Jean-Marie Cadiou   
  Publication Date: 2000   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Hawkmoths of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)   
  Page(s): 226   
  Publisher: The Natural History Museum   
  Publication Place: London, United Kingdom   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8014-3734-2   
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  Reference for: Tinostoma smaragditis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nishida, Gordon M., ed.   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist, 4th ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bishop Museum Technical Report no. 22   
  Page(s): iv + 313   
  Publisher: Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum   
  Publication Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1085-455X   
  Notes: Contribution No. 2002-005 to the Hawaii Biological Survey   
  Reference for: Tinostoma smaragditis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Federal Register, vol. 67, no. 114   
  Page(s): 40657-40679   
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  Reference for: Tinostoma smaragditis, Fabulous Green Sphinx of Kauai [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Hawaii, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: US ESA: No longer a candidate species because of insufficient information on biological vulnerability and threats according to notice of review, as published in Federal Register Volume 67, Number 114, Pages 40657 - 40679, June 13, 2002  
 

 

    


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