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SPHINX GORDIUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Sphinx gordius
Latin
CONT

The Apple Sphinx, wingspan 2½- 3½", lacks the band along its dark fore wing margin. Its caterpillars feed on foliage of plants of the rose family, ash, myrtle, and sweet fern in southern Canada and the eastern United States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Sphinx gordius
Latin
OBS

[Le nom «Sphinx» provient du fait que] les chenilles des Sphinx sont munies d'une corne à l'extrémité abdominale. Effrayées, elles prennent une position qui ressemble fort à celle du Sphinx d'Égypte.

Spanish

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