| Pacific green sphinx | |
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| Live adult attracted to a UV light | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Proserpinus |
| Species: | P. lucidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Proserpinus lucidus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Proserpinus lucidus, the Pacific green sphinx or bear sphinx,[3][4] is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1852.
- ^ Boisduval, J.-A. (25 February 1852). "Lepidoptères de la Californie". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 10 (2): 319.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Powellwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "890195.00 – 7872 – Proserpinus lucidus – Bear Sphinx Moth – (Boisduval, 1852)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 7, 2018.