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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