Proserpinus clarkiae
| Clark's Sphinx | |
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| Proserpinus clarkiae, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Proserpinus |
| Species: | P. clarkiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Proserpinus clarkiae (Boisduval, 1852)[1] | |
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Clark's Sphinx (Proserpinus clarkiae) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from British Columbia and Washington south through California to Baja California, east to Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. The habitat consists of oak woodland and pine-oak woodland in foothills.
The wingspan is 30–38 mm. The forewing underside basal orange colour is vestigial or absent. The hindwing upperside is pale-orange or yellowish and the marginal band of the hindwing is black.
Adults are on wing from mid March to June in one generation per year. They feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Salvia columbariae, Asclepias cordifolia, Ribes aureum, Dichelostemma capitatum, Clarkia, Vicia, Cirsium and Stachys species.
The larvae feed on Clarkia unguiculata.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
External links
- Clark's sphinx Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Proserpinus clarkiae Sphingidae of the Americas