Sphinx gordius
| Apple sphinx | |
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| Male ventral | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphinx |
| Species: | S. gordius |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphinx gordius | |
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Sphinx gordius (apple sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
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
Female ventral
Biology
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.
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