sphingidn.adj.
/ˈsfɪndʒɪd/ Entomology.
A. n.
A hawkmoth of the family Sphingidæ.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > member of (sphinx moth)
Sphinx1753
hawkmoth1785
sphinx moth1839
sphingid1912
1912 Trans. Zool. Soc. 20 ii. 95 Erinnyis ello... The commonest Sphingid of tropical America.
1933 Discovery Apr. 125/1 Eye-spots..occur particularly in sphingids.
1973 Nature 16 Mar. 205/2 Recently internal ocelli have been reported in several adult sphingids.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to an insect of this kind.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [adjective] > of or relating to member of family Sphingidae
sphingid1912
1912 Trans. Zool. Soc. 20 ii. 85 Almost the entire surface is thinly coated with fine, short, white hair, an exceptional feature with Sphingid larvæ.
1930 Proc. Entomol. Soc. 5 22 The S. American Sphingid larva of Pholus labruscæ.
1930 Proc. Entomol. Soc. 5 24 The caudal horn was movable in many Sphingid caterpillars.
1981 G. Keynes Gates of Memory iii. 41 A boy in another House had been fortunate enough to catch a specimen of an extremely rare immigrant sphingid moth.
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