69.014 : 1987 : 6855
Sphingidae : Macroglossinae

Bedstraw Hawk-moth

HYLES gallii (Rottemburg, 1775)
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Kind permission - © Glynne Evans
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Description
 Wingspan: Male 55-65mm Female - 65-75mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Madeira,Malta & Portugal)    - eastwards to Japan & westwards to North America : Migrant reaching as far north as the Shetland Is.
UK Distribution: Immigrant from southern Europe possibly appearing anywhere in Britain although southern and eastern England most likely.Sometimes arriving in sufficient numbers to breed, with the possibility they are now established in East Anglia
UK Conservation Status -
  • Migrant
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Sphinx gallii (Rottemburg, 1775)
Type Species - Hyles
  • Sphinx euphorbiae Linnaeus, 1758
Type Locality -
  • Germany
Flight Period: May- August
Habitat: Woodland Margins : Flowered Slopes : Sunny Banks
Similar Species -
  • Spurge Hawk-moth - Hyles euphorbiae -  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Larva: The 80mm final instar larva is black with cream lateral spots,browinsh-red head and dorsal line and horn towards the final segment.Dark olive-green larva also occurs.
Pupa: Pupates just below soil
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: An easily recognised dark olive green Hawk-moth which can be separated from the Striped Hawk-moth by not having the series of white lines which highlight the similar species wing veins and thorax.

The moth is an immigrant from southern Europe which can appear anywhere in Britain, although most likely in southern or eastern England. It has  been recorded throughout Britain and has travelled as far north as the Shetland Isles.

They arrive in sufficient numbers some years to breed, but the resultant early stages do not normally survive our winter.

The worldwide status for this moth takes it from southern Europe eastwards to Japan and westwards to North America.
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Macroglossinae
Macroglossini
HYLES Hübner 1819
Hyles gallii (Rottemburg, 1775)
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Sphinx euphorbiae Linnaeus, 1758
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SPHINX gallii (Rottemburg, 1775)
= Celerio galii
= Deilephila intermedia Kirby, 1837
= Deilephila chamaenerii Harris, 1839
= Deilephila oxybaphi Clemens, 1859
= Deilephila canadensis Guenée, 1868
= Deilephila gallii Kirby, 1892
= grisea (Tutt, 1904)
= incompleta (Tutt, 1904)
= lata (Tutt, 1904)
= pallida (Tutt, 1904)
= stricta (Tutt, 1904)
= dentata (Gschwandner, 1912)
= lutea (Gschwandner, 1912)
= maculifera (Klemensiewicz, 1912)
= cuspidata (Fritsch, 1916)
= flavescens (Closs, 1920)
= scholzi (Stephan, 1924)
= Celerio galii Kuznetsova 1906
= Celerio gallii chishimana Matsumura, 1929
= Celerio gallii sachaliensis Matsumura, 1929
= grisescens (Bandermann, 1932)
= testacea (Wladasch, 1933)
= postrufescens (Lempke, 1959)
= Celerio galii nepalensis Daniel, 1960
= heliophila (Eichler, 1971)
= Celerio galii tibetanica Eichler, 1971
= Hyles gallii gallii Rottemburg, 1775
= Hyles gallii intermedia Kirby 1837
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HYLES Hübner 1819
= Danneria Eitschberger & Zolotuhin 1998
= Eremohyles Eitschberger & Zolotuhin 1998
= Hawaiina Tutt 1903
= Hippohyles Eitschberger & Zolotuhin 1998
= Surholtia Eitschberger & Zolotuhin 1998
= Thaumas Eitschberger & Zolotuhin 1998
= Turneria Tutt 1903
= Weissmannia Tutt 1904
= Celerio Agassiz 1846
= Rommeliana Eitschberger & Zolotuhin 1998
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S.A. Rottemburg 1775 - The naturalist 7: 105-112. Halle (JJ Gebauer's widow and Joh. Jac. Gebauer). - Digitalised at Bielefeld University Library - Title Page : p.107 - n.1
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Germany
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H.g.f.stricta Tutt, 1904 - hindwing black line narrow
H.g.f.lata Tutt, 1904 or broader
H.g.f.pallida Tutt, 1904 - light coloured band on forewing lighter