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Genus Proserpinus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Clark's Day Sphinx - Proserpinus clarkiae Mystery catapillar - Proserpinus terlooii 5th instar brown form Proserpinus lucidus larva - Proserpinus lucidus 4th instar brown form Proserpinus lucidus larva - Proserpinus lucidus Proserpinus flavofasciata Sphinx Moth Caterpillar (Proserpinus?) - Proserpinus flavofasciata Proserpinus Clarkiae (Clark's Day Sphinx Moth) - Proserpinus juanita - male Terloo Sphinx? - Proserpinus terlooii
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)
Subfamily Macroglossinae
Tribe Macroglossini
Genus Proserpinus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author of genus: Hübner, [1819]
Food
larval hosts are all from the Evening Primrose family (Onagraceae) except for P. terlooii that feeds on Boerhavia coccinea and B. coulteri in the Four O'Clock Family (Nyctaginaceae) (1)
Remarks
There is a case for saltational evolution in Proserpinus (1)
Works Cited
1.Evidence of repeated and independent saltational evolution in a peculiar genus of sphinx moths (Proserpinus. Sphingidae).
Daniel Rubinoff and Johannes J. Le Roux. 2008. PLoS One.
Contributed by Tony on 28 April, 2005 - 5:00am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 October, 2011 - 11:58pm

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