Sphinx of the épilobe

The sphinx of the épilobe or sphinx of the evening primrose is a Lépidoptère pertaining to Sphingidae.

Distribution: France, center of the Europe, Morocco.

See for the French distribution: Notebooks of French Lépidoptériste

Scale of the male: from 20 to 21 Misters
Period of flight: from May to August in two generations.

Plant-hosts: Epilobium .

Source

PC. - Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide of the night butterflies of Europe and North Africa . Delachaux and Niestlé (Lausanne).

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