An Apple Sphinx from Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/4/2014).
Apple Sphinx in New Germany SP, Garrett Co., Maryland.
Apple Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/4/2014).
Apple Sphinx in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/4/2014).
An Apple Sphinx collected in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/13/1988).
Apple Sphinx in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
Map Snapshot
9 Records
Relationships
Host plants include Tamarack, White Meadowsweet (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).
Seasonality Snapshot
Use of media featured on Maryland Biodiversity Project is only permitted with express permission of the photographer.
An Apple Sphinx from Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/4/2014).
View Record Details
Media by
Mike Burchett.
Apple Sphinx in New Germany SP, Garrett Co., Maryland.
View Record Details
Media by
Hans Holbrook.
Apple Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/4/2014).
View Record Details
Media by
Mike Burchett.
Apple Sphinx in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/4/2014).
View Record Details
Media by
Mike Burchett.
An Apple Sphinx collected in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/13/1988).
View Record Details
Media by
John Glaser.
Apple Sphinx in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
View Record Details
Media by
Hugh McGuinness.
Source: Wikipedia
| Apple sphinx | |
|---|---|
| |
| Male dorsal view | |
| |
| Male ventral view | |
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
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Sphinx gordius, the apple sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780.[1]
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]The wingspan is 68–108 mm.
-
Female dorsal view -
Female ventral view
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Malus, Rosa, Vaccinium[2] and Fraxinus species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Sphinx gordius gordius
- Sphinx gordius oslari (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Colorado)
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2020). "Apple sphinx Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1780". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
External links
[edit]- 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.
_Dorsal.jpg){kind=small} | This Sphinginae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |