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Sphingidae [′sfin·jə‚dē] (invertebrate zoology) The single family of the lepidopteran superfamily Sphingoidea. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But night-cruising hawkmoths, during tests in Kelber's lab, have done better than people do at distinguishing colors even in light as dim as starlight (SN: 11/30/02, p. The scientists tethered a hawkmoth to the end of a wind tunnel, then blasted it with smoke. Some older studies suggested that goldfish and a different moth see colors in dim light, but Almut Kelber of Lund University in Sweden and his colleagues focused on the Deilephila elpenor hawkmoth, which collects nectar during the darkest hours of the night in Europe. |
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