Description: English: Location taken: Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY. Names: Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1779, Apple Sphinx, Apple Sphinx Mot Classification: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Sphingidae > Acherontiini > Sphinges > Sphinx > Sphinx gordius. Date: 24 January 2007. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.