Willowherb Hawkmoth

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Willowherb Hawkmoth
Willowherb Hawkmoth caterpillar
Willowherb Hawkmoth caterpillar
Conservation status
Invalid status (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Proserpinus
Species: P. proserpina
Binomial name
Proserpinus proserpina
(Pallas, 1772)

The Willowherb Hawkmoth (Proserpinus proserpina) is a species of moth in the Sphingidae family. It is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.[1]

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  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Proserpinus proserpina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.