Willowherb hawkmoth

Willowherb hawkmoth
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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

The wingspan is 36–60 mm.^[3]

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

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.
↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
↑ Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Proserpinus Hübner, [1819]". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

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Willowherb hawkmoth

Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Proserpinus
Species:	P. proserpina
Binomial name
*Proserpinus proserpina* (Pallas, 1772)^[2]

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