Willowherb hawkmoth

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Willowherb hawkmoth
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Proserpinus
Species:
P. proserpina
Binomial name
Proserpinus proserpina
(Pallas, 1772) [2]
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Synonyms
  • Sphynx proserpinaPallas, 1772
  • Sphinx schieffermilleriFuessly, 1779
  • Sphinx oenotheraeDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Sphinx francofurtanaFabricius, 1781
  • Proserpinus aenotheroidesButler, 1876
  • Proserpinus proserpina attenuataSchultz, 1904
  • Proserpinus proserpina brunneaGeest, 1903
  • Proserpinus proserpina griseaRebel, 1910
  • Proserpinus proserpina infumata(Closs, 1911)
  • Proserpinus proserpina schmidtiSchmidt, 1914
  • Pterogon proserpina gigasOberthür, 1922
  • Pterogon proserpina japetusGrum-Grshimailo, 1890
  • Pterogon proserpina maximaGrum-Grshimailo, 1887

The willowherb hawkmoth (Proserpinus proserpina) is a moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1772.

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Distribution

It is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Portugal, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1]

Description

The wingspan is 36–60 mm. [3]

Biology

The larvae feed on Epilobium (including Epilobium hirsutum ), Oenothera and Lythrum species.

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Proserpinus proserpina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T18366A8153516. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18366A8153516.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  3. ↑ Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Proserpinus Hübner, [1819]". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.


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