| Pacific green sphinx | |
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| Arctonotus lucidus, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Proserpinus |
| Species: | P. lucidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Proserpinus lucidus (Boisduval, 1852)[1] |
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The Pacific Green Sphinx (Proserpinus lucidus) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives on the Pacific coast of the United States in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California and into Mexico.
The length of the forewings is 18-23 mm. Adults are on wing in one generation in winter.
The larvae feed on Clarkia breweri and Clarkia modesta and probably Clarkia purpurea, Camissonia bistorta and Camissonia strigulosa.