Proposed as a subspecies of Amorpha populi. Raised to species status and transferred to Laothoe by Pittaway, 1993, The hawkmoths of the Western Palaearctic: 76, 105. Implicitly resynonymized with Laothoe populi as a subspecies by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.12. Reinstated as a species by Danner, Eitschberger & Surholt, 1998, Herbipoliana 4 (1): 122.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
