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The Bedstraw Hawk-Moth - Fore wings olive brown, with a broad, irregular, whitish stripe along the middle; hind wings black at the base; then a broad pinkish-white band, quite white near the body, and bright pink about the middle; then a distinct black band, and then a grey margin; thorax and body olive-brown, a white line on each side of the ...
Proserpinus proserpina, willowherb hawk-moth — south and east (may be accidental import) Daphnis nerii, oleander hawk-moth — migrant; Hyles euphorbiae, spurge hawk-moth — migrant; Hyles gallii, bedstraw hawk-moth — migrant (occasionally over-winters) [Hyles nicaea, Mediterranean hawk-moth — possible migrant, more likely import]
This is a species list for the family Sphingidae of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk-moths. This list contains all known species of Sphingidae in order of subfamily. There should be about 1,288 species listed. There are three subfamilies: Subfamily Macroglossinae; Subfamily Smerinthinae; Subfamily Sphinginae; The species list is ...
Deilephila porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (small elephant hawk-moth) Hemaris tityus (Linnaeus, 1758) (narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth) Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) (vine hawk-moth, silver-striped hawk-moth) Hyles gallii (Rottemburg, 1775) (bedstraw hawk-moth, galium sphinx) Hyles livornica (Esper, 1779) (striped hawk-moth)
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Manduca quinquemaculata, the five-spotted hawkmoth, is a brown and gray hawk moth of the family Sphingidae.The caterpillar, often referred to as the tomato hornworm, can be a major pest in gardens; they get their name from a dark projection on their posterior end and their use of tomatoes as host plants.
D. porcellus is often confused with Deilephila elpenor, the elephant hawk moth. D. porcellus is the smaller of the two species, and other characteristics in size and coloring can be used to distinguish between the two. For example, D. porcellus has more yellow around its body and lacks the thick pink stripe that goes down D. elpenor 's abdomen. [2]
Bedstraw hawk-moth caterpillar leaving the frass behind Typical sculpting of a frass pellet of a large caterpillar A thistle tortoise beetle larva carrying a mass of its own frass as a repugnatorial defence. This Lepidoptera larvae disposes of its frass that might attract predators or parasites.