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(Redirected from Proserpinus proserpina) Species of moth

Willowherb hawkmoth
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Proserpinus
Species: P. proserpina
Binomial name
Proserpinus proserpina
(Pallas, 1772)
Synonyms
  • Sphynx proserpina Pallas, 1772
  • Sphinx schieffermilleri Fuessly, 1779
  • Sphinx oenotherae Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Sphinx francofurtana Fabricius, 1781
  • Proserpinus aenotheroides Butler, 1876
  • Proserpinus proserpina attenuata Schultz, 1904
  • Proserpinus proserpina brunnea Geest, 1903
  • Proserpinus proserpina grisea Rebel, 1910
  • Proserpinus proserpina infumata (Closs, 1911)
  • Proserpinus proserpina schmidti Schmidt, 1914
  • Pterogon proserpina gigas Oberthür, 1922
  • Pterogon proserpina japetus Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
  • Pterogon proserpina maxima Grum-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.

Distribution

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


Description

The wingspan is 36–60 mm.

  • Caterpillar Caterpillar
  • Proserpinus proserpina ♂ Proserpinus proserpina ♂
  • Proserpinus proserpina ♂ △ Proserpinus proserpina ♂ △
  • Proserpinus proserpina ♀ Proserpinus proserpina ♀
  • Proserpinus proserpina ♀ △ Proserpinus proserpina ♀ △

Biology

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

References

  1. ^ 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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Taxon identifiers
Proserpinus proserpina


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