Yellow-banded Day Sphinx
Proserpinus flavofasciata
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
Le Sphinx de l'épilobe ou Sphinx de l'œnothère (Proserpinus proserpina) est une espèce de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Sphingidae, de la sous-famille des Macroglossinae, de la tribu des Macroglossini et du genre Proserpinus. Description Adulte Envergure du mâle : de 20 à 21 mm, mais des exemplaires plus petits existent. Le fond des ailes antérieures est vert (parfois brun ou gris), avec une bande médiane sombre.
Proserpinus flavofasciata, the yellow-banded day sphinx, is a species of hawk moth which occurs at the edges of, and in clearings in, boreal and mountain forests across Canada, as far south as Maine and Massachusetts in the east and as far north as Alaska in the west. It is much more common in the west of its range. Description The adult moth is a day-flying bumblebee mimic with a plump black body with yellow markings.
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