Sphingomorpha

Sphingomorpha
Sphingomorpha chlorea, a fruit-sucking species, Pretoria, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Genus: Sphingomorpha
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Sphingomorpha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Some species, such as Sphingomorpha chlorea, are notorious pests in orchards, and are known as fruitsucking or fruit-piercing moths.