| Apple sphinx | |
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| Male dorsal view | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphinx |
| Species: | S. gordius |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1780 | |
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Sphinx gordius, the apple sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780.[1]
Distribution
It is found in the northern parts of the United States and southern Canada, mostly east of the Rocky Mountains, additionally it is found along the east coast to Florida and in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado.
Description
The wingspan is 68–108 mm.
Female dorsal view
Female ventral view
Biology
The larvae feed on Malus, Rosa, Vaccinium[2] and Fraxinus species.
Subspecies
- Sphinx gordius gordius
- Sphinx gordius oslari (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Colorado)
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2020). "Apple sphinx Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1780". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
External links
- Fauske, Gerald M. (January 23, 2007). "Sphinx gordius Cramer 1780". Moths of North Dakota. Department of Entomology North Dakota State University. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
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