File:Proserpinus proserpina (Sphingidae) - Willowherb Hawk-moth caterpillar (11174017605).jpg

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The larva lives in "disturbed environments" like periodically flodding rivers. The larva lives oligophag on various species of Oenothera (suncups, Nachtkerzen) and Epilobium (willowherbs, Weidenröschen).

Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods, Gliederfüßer) Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten) Subclass: Pterygota GEGENBAUR, 1878 (Fluginsekten) Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 (Neuflügler) Order: Lepidoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (butterflies and moths, Schmetterlinge) Suborder: Glossata HEPPNER, 1998 Infraorder: Heteroneura Superfamily: Bombycoidea LATREILLE, 1802 Family: Sphingidae LATREILLE, 1802 (hawk moths, Schwärmer) Subfamily: Macroglossinae HARRIS, 1839 Tribus: Macroglossini HARRIS, 1839

Subtribus: Macroglossina HARRIS, 1839 Genus: Proserpinus HÜBNER, 1819 Proserpinus proserpina PALLAS, 1772 (Willowherb Hawk-moth, Nachtkerzen-Schwärmer oder Kleiner Oleanderschwärmer) [det. Bernhard Jacobi, 2013, based on photos]

some more info (German): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachtkerzenschw%C3%A4rmer more info (German): www.naturschutzinformationen-nrw.de/artenschutz/de/arten/...

Germany, Lower Saxonia: Fischbeck (Weser), ca. 60m asl., 13.07.2013

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Author gbohne from Berlin, Germany
Camera location52° 08′ 04.79″ N, 9° 18′ 07.97″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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