Sphinx gordius
| Apple sphinx | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphinx |
| Species: | S. gordius |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1780[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sphinx gordius (apple sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. 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.
The wingspan is 68–108 mm.
The larvae feed on Malus, Rosa 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.
External links
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