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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Macroglossinae » Macroglossini » Proserpinus » Clark's Day Sphinx - Hodges#7876 (Proserpinus clarkiae)

Species Proserpinus clarkiae - Clark's Day Sphinx - Hodges#7876

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Clark's day sphinx - Proserpinus clarkiae

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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

Species clarkiae (Clark's Day Sphinx - Hodges#7876)

Hodges Number

7876

Explanation of Names

clarkiae is Latin for "of Clarkia". Clarkia is a genus of plants in the Evening Primrose Family (Onagraceae) that are the main foodplant for this species. The plant genus was itself named for the explorer William Clark of the Lewis & Clark expedition.

Size

wingspan 3-3 cm

Range

British Columbia south to Baja California; Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming

Habitat

oak woodland and pine-oak woodland in foothills

Season

adults fly March to June

Food

The larvae feed on Clarkia unguiculata and related plants in the Evening Primrose Family (Onagraceae).

usda.gov - Clarkia unguiculata plant information

Print References

P. Tuttle, 2007. Hawk Moths of North America: p. 189; pl. 3.16(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page with photos of living and pinned adults.

Moth Photographers Group - photos pinned adult and related species for comparison.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with photograph of pinned adult and DNA sequence

Works Cited

1.	The Hawk Moths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada. James P Tuttle. 2007. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation Inc.

Contributed by tom murray on 22 July, 2006 - 5:11pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman
Last updated 27 June, 2011 - 2:26pm

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