Amorpha juglandis

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Translingual[edit]

Amorpha juglandis, a walnut sphinx.

Etymology[edit]

From the genus name Amorpha + Latin juglandis (of walnuts/walnut trees). It is named as such due to the caterpillar's diet, and thus habitat, being the leaves of walnut trees.

Proper noun[edit]

Amorpha juglandis f

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Sphingidae – walnut sphinx moth.

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