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Amorpha Hübner, [1809]: Amorpha Hübner, [1809]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : pl. [171], TS: Sphinx juglandis Smith
Cressonia Grote & Robinson, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 186, TS: Sphinx juglandis Smith
Amorpha ; Eitschberger, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 53: 152
Amorpha (Smerinthinae) ; [MABL]
Amorpha (Smerinthini) ; [HMW, 16]

Amorpha juglandis (Smith, 1797)

NA. See [About maps] Walnut Sphinx
Sphinx juglandis Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 1: 57, pl. 29, TL: Georgia
Sphinx instibilis Martyn, 1797; Psyche: pl. 20, f. 49, pl. 21, f. 53
Smerinthus pallens Strecker, 1873; Lep. Rhopal. Het. (7): pl. 7, f. 14, TL: Texas, near Mexican border
?Sphinx instibilis Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. London 9: 590
Cressonia robinsonii Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. London 9: 590, TL: New York
Cressonia juglandis var. hyperbola Slosson, 1890; Entom. Amer. 6: 59, TL: Green Cove Springs on St. John's River, Florida
Cressonia juglandis alpina Clark, 1927; Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 9: 101, TL: Alpine, Brewster Co., Texas, 5000'
Cressonia juglandis manitobae Clark, 1930; Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 12: 28, TL: Fort McCreary, Manitoba
Amorpha juglandis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Cressonia juglandis ;
Amorpha juglandis ; [HMW]; Eitschberger, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 53: 152, 162-164 (gen.); [MABL]

Larva on Carya, Juglans, Fagus [MNA21]

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References:

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[BAMONA]: Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[HBN]: Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[HMW]: Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
[LAMAS-NEO]: Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MABL]: Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México
[MNA21]: Ronald W. Hodges, 1971; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 21; SPHINGOIDEA

Some related literature:

Butler, 1876: Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae Trans. Zool. Soc. London 9: 511-644
Clark, 1927: Descriptions of twelve new Sphingidae and remarks upon two other species Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 9: 99-109
Eitschberger, 2002: Revidierte Checkliste der Gattungen Amorpha Hübner, [1819], Laothoe Fabricius, 1807, Pachysphinx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 und Phyllosphingia Swinhoe, 1897 Neue Ent. Nachr. 53: 151-195
Grote & Robinson, 1865: A synonymical catalogue of North American Sphingidae, with notes and descriptions Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 149-194, 3pls
Hübner, [1809]: Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 1 (1806 - [1819]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : [1-4] (1807), [5-12] (1807-1809), [13-36] (1823-1824), pl. [1-2], [5-8], [12], [15], [29], [47] (1806), pl. [9], [11], [17], [21], [25-27], [32], [35], [43-44], [56], [60], [79], [102], [104], [116], [141], [148], [150-151], [155], [159], [200] (1807), pl. [19], [39], [57], [73], [82], [114], [157], [167], [170], [173], [187] (1807), pl. [3], [31], [37], [46], [54], [58], [62], [76], [84], [92], [95], [105], [112-113], [117], [137-138], [146], [154], [158], [180], [209] (1808), pl. [16], [28], [65], [89], [142], [160], [162], [166], [182], [188], [193] (1809), pl. [4], [22], [42], [53], [61], [88], [90], [97], [100], [107], [110], [118], [120], [140], [143], [149], [161], [171], [178], [184], [196], [202] (1809), pl. [10], [18], [30], [41], [51], [80], [144], [172], [189] (1810), pl. [36], [70], [87], [91], [101], [124], [129], [177], [183], [207], [210] (1811), pl. [20], [38], [45], [55], [85], [98], [103], [108], [136], [139], [152-153], [156], [163], [179], [186], [190], [205-206] (1812), pl. [13-14], [40], [48], [50], [67], [74], [86], [119], [121], [130], [135], [175-176], [197-199], [204-204], [212] (1813), pl. [72], [75], [77-78], [83], [93], [109], [111], [115], [128], [131], [165], [174], [194] (1813), pl. [24], [49], [52], [63-64], [66], [68-69], [71], [81], [123], [145], [181], [192] (1814), pl. [126], [132-134], [168] (1815), pl. [23], [96], [122], [125], [169], [195] (1816), pl. [33], [99], [127], [187], [185], [213] (1817), pl. [59], [106], [147], [164], [208], [211] (1818), pl. [34], [94], [191], [201] (1819), (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1819 - April 1823)
Martyn, 1797: Figures of non-descript lepidopterous insects, or rare moths and butterflies from different parts of the world Psyche: [32 pls]
Strecker, 1873: Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic, with descriptions and colored illustrations Lep. Rhopal. Het. (1): 1-7, pl. 1 (1872), (2): 9-15, pl. 2 (1873), (3): 17-24, pl. 3 (1873), (4): 25-32, pl. 4 (1873), (5): 33-43, pl. 5 (1873), (6): 45-50, pl. 6 (1873), (7): 51-60, pl. 7 (1873), (8): 61-70, pl. 8 (1874), (9): 71-80, pl. 9 (1874), (10): 81-94, pl. 10 (1874), (11): 95-100, pl. 11 (1874), (12): 101-108, pl. 12 (1875), (13): 109-123, pl. 13 (1876), (14): 125-134, pl. 14 (1878), (15): 135-143, pl. 15 (1878)

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