Proserpinus proserpina (Pallas, 1772)

willowherb hawk-moth

on Epilobium, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Onagraceae, oligophagous

Chamerion angustifolium; Epilobium dodonaei, hirsutum, montanum, palustre, parviflorum, tetragonum; Oenothera biennis.

? Also Lythrum (Tugelea & Tugelea).

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

ei, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Adolph, Kortstock, Niehoff & Schweitzer (2019a), Akkuzu, Ayberk & Inac (2007a), Ebert (ed., 1994a), Eis & Mitterer (2019a), Lepiforum (2021), Teobaldelli (2018a), Tugelea & Tugelea (2020b).