Smerinthini(Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Herbert C. Robinson 1865) derived from the  Greek "merinthos" which means cord, rope, is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae, order Lepidoptera of the kingdom Animalia that is commonly found in North America.
Smerinthini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Herbert C. Robinson in 1865. Order: Lepidoptera Kingdom: Animalia Smerinthus ocellatus, the eyed hawk-moth, is a European moth of the family Sphingidae. The name Smerinthus is apparently derived from the Greek feminine noun 'Merinthos', but has been Latinised with the masculine -us ending and is thus, according to the ICZN article 30.1.3, masculine. Family: Sphingidae 
