Maryland Biodiversity Project - Apple Sphinx (Sphinx gordius)

Apple Sphinx Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1780

Synonyms: Hodges #7810.

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Lepidoptera > Family Sphingidae > Genus Sphinx Apple Sphinx - Sphinx gordius - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/128

Host plants include Tamarack, White Meadowsweet (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).

There are 9 records in the project database.

An Apple Sphinx from Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/4/2014). Photo by Mike Burchett. (MBP list)

Apple Sphinx in New Germany SP, Garrett Co., Maryland. Photo by Hans Holbrook. (MBP list)

Apple Sphinx in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/4/2014). Photo by Mike Burchett. (MBP list)

Apple Sphinx in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/4/2014). Photo by Mike Burchett. (MBP list)

An Apple Sphinx collected in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/13/1988). Photo by John Glaser. (MBP list)

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