| Moths of North Dakota |
Sphingidae: Macroglossinae: |
Proserpinus juanita (Strecker 1877)
| Common name: listed here as
'Willow-herb day-sphinx.'
Hodges #: 7875. Identification: Rfw 17.3 mm, pattern in shades of olive green, ventral base of fw orange, of hw dark brown. Pro-tibia with enlarged setae forming 'fossorial claws.' Similar species: 7874-- not in ND. Distribution: Great plains region of North America and westward in the south to Arizona. Hosts: Larvae feed on Epilobium spp.-- willow-herb, and
Oenothera spp.-- evening primrose. |
ND Morton Co., Hebron. 6- VI- 1931. E. Krauth.
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