Sphinx ligustri

Privet hawk moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Sphinx
Species:	S. ligustri
Binomial name
	Sphinx ligustri; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Sphinx ligustri nisseni Matsumura, 1929 ; Rebel, 1910 Sphinx spiraeae; Esper, 1800 Sphinx ligustri albescens; Tutt, 1904 Sphinx ligustri amurensis; Oberthür, 1886 Tutt, 1904 ; (Lempke, 1959) (Lempke, 1964) ; Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1992 (Closs, 1917) ; Tutt, 1904 Rothschild & Jordan, 1916 ; Tutt, 1904 Debauche, 1934 ; Rungs, 1977 Sphinx ligustri perversa; Sphinx ligustri subpallida Sphinx ligustri zolotuhini; Sphinx ligustri fraxini Sphinx ligustri incerta; Sphinx ligustri lutescens Sphinx ligustri obscura; Gehlen, 1928 Tutt, 1904 ; Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996 Sphinx ligustri brunnea; Sphinx ligustri brunnescens Sphinx ligustri cingulata; Sphinx ligustri eichleri Dannehl, 1925 ; Tutt, 1904 Tutt, 1904 ; Tutt, 1904 (Lempke, 1959) ; Tutt, 1904 Sphinx ligustri weryi; Gschwandner, 1912 Sphinx ligustri seydeli; Sphinx ligustri typica Sphinx ligustri rosacea; Sphinx ligustri unifasciata Sphinx ligustri postrufescens; Sphinx chishimensis Sphinx ligustri grisea; Sphinx ligustri intermedia Sphinx ligustri pallida;

Sphinx ligustri, the privet hawk moth, is a moth found in most of the Palearctic realm. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Description

It has a 12 centimetres (4.7 in) wingspan (generally deflexed at rest), and is found in urban areas, forests and woodlands.

The male privet hawk moth can make a hissing sound, if disturbed, by rubbing together a set of scales and spines at the end of its abdomen.

The larvae are usually found between July and August: and bury themselves in the earth when preparing to become a pupa. They then fly in the following June.^[2]

Diet

As its name describes, the caterpillars feed on privets, as well as ash trees, lilacs, jasmine, and a number of other plants.

Gallery

Female, dorsal side
Female, ventral side
Male, dorsal side
Male, ventral side

Caterpillar
Pupating
Pupa
Pupa, caterpillar, and adult

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ Donovan, Edward (1792). The Natural History of British Insects: Explaining Them in Their Several States, With the Periods of Their Transformations, Their Food, Economy, &c. Together With the History of Such Minute Insects As Require Investigation by the Microscope: The Whole Illustrated by Coloured Figures, Designed and Executed from Living Specimens. London. p. 79.

External links

Media related to Sphinx ligustri at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Sphinx ligustri at Wikispecies
"69.006 BF1976 Privet Hawk-moth Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1758". UKMoths. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
"06832 Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1758 - Ligusterschwärmer". Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved December 13, 2018.Error: "Q163794" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Donovan, Edward (1792). The Natural History of British Insects: Explaining Them in Their Several States, With the Periods of Their Transformations, Their Food, Economy, &c. Together With the History of Such Minute Insects As Require Investigation by the Microscope: The Whole Illustrated by Coloured Figures, Designed and Executed from Living Specimens. London. p. 79.

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