Amorpha juglandis

Translingual

Wikispecies

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 genus Amorpha – the walnut sphinx.