Amorpha juglandis

male

Female

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Amorpha
Species: Amorpha juglandis

Name

Amorpha juglandis (Smith, 1797)

Synonymy

• Sphinx juglandis Smith, 1797 in Smith & Abbot (original combination)
• Amorpha juglandis (Smith, 1797); Hübner, 1806: 1.
• Cressonia juglandis (Smith, 1797); Grote & Robinson, 1865: 161
• Laothoe juglandis (Smith, 1797); Hodges, 1983: 110
• Amorpha juglandis (Smith, 1797); d'Abrera, [1987]: 94 (Transferred back).

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. & Abbot, J. 1797. The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia: including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed. Collected from the observation of Mr. John Abbot, many years resident in that country. Volume 1: 1–100. BHL Reference page. 

Photos

• silkmoths.bizland [1]

Vernacular names

English: Hickory Sphinx or Walnut Sphinx