Amorpha juglandis

Translingual

Amorpha juglandis, a walnut sphinx.

Etymology

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

Amorpha juglandis f

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

Hypernyms

• (species): Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Bombycoidea - superfamily; Sphingidae - family; Smerinthinae - subfamily; Smerinthini - tribe; Amorpha - genus

References

• Amorpha juglandis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amorpha juglandis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Amorpha juglandis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons