Sphingidae : Macroglossinae
Striped Hawk-moth
HYLES livornica (Esper,[1804])
Striped Hawk-moth
HYLES livornica (Esper,[1804])
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 78 - 90mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - almost everywhere reaching as far as southern Sweden - to China : North Africa
UK Distribution: Almost anywhere but most likely the south coast as a rare immigrant in very small single digit numbers each year although some years have provided as many as 80.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland Rides : Coastal : Gardens : warm habitats : Mountains Up to 2700m
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: This moth was considered to be a subspecies of the White-lined Hawk-moth (Staudinger, 1775) an American moth which appeared in Yorkshire in 1897 thought to be an accidental introduction,the moth having three stripes on each forewing.
Normally appearing in this country in singles each year there was a maximum immigration in 1943 when 540 were recorded.
The moth is resident from Europe to China and around the Mediterranean region including North Africa.
There has been no evidence of breeding in the UK.
The moth is flies from dusk and attracted to light and flowers.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - almost everywhere reaching as far as southern Sweden - to China : North Africa
UK Distribution: Almost anywhere but most likely the south coast as a rare immigrant in very small single digit numbers each year although some years have provided as many as 80.
UK Conservation Status -
- Migrant
- Least Concern
- Sphinx livornica (Esper,[1804])
- Sphinx euphorbiae Linnaeus, 1758
- Germany
Habitat: Woodland Rides : Coastal : Gardens : warm habitats : Mountains Up to 2700m
Similar Species -
- Silver-striped Hawk-moth - Hippotion celerio - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: This moth was considered to be a subspecies of the White-lined Hawk-moth (Staudinger, 1775) an American moth which appeared in Yorkshire in 1897 thought to be an accidental introduction,the moth having three stripes on each forewing.
Normally appearing in this country in singles each year there was a maximum immigration in 1943 when 540 were recorded.
The moth is resident from Europe to China and around the Mediterranean region including North Africa.
There has been no evidence of breeding in the UK.
The moth is flies from dusk and attracted to light and flowers.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Apocynaceae - Dogbane Family
- Rhazya stricta - No Common Name
- Ericaceae - Heather Family
- Arbutus unedo - Strawberry Tree
- Lamiaceae - Labiatae - The Mint Family
- Asphodelus albus - Asphodel, Gamón-blanco
- Onagraceae - Evening Primrose Family
- Epilobium angustifolium - Rosebay Willowherb
- Rubiaceae - Bedstraw Family
- Galium mullugo - Hedge Bedstraw
- Valerianaceae - Valerian Family
- Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian
- Zygophyllaceae - Calthrop Family
- Zygophyllum fabago - Syrian Bean Caper
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Aloaceae - Aloe Family - Aloe
- Asparagaceae - Asparagus
- Asphodelaceae - Bulbine - No common name/Eremurus - Foxtail Lillies
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Taraxacum - Dandelion
- Dipsacaceae - Scabiosa - Scabious
- Euphorbiaceae - Euphorbia
- Geraniaceae - Pelargonium
- Linaceae - Linum - Flax
- Onagraceae - Fuschia
- Nyctaginaceae - Boerhavia - Spiderlings
- Plantaginaceae - Plantago - Plantain
- Polygonaceae - Polygonum - Knotweed/Rumex - Dock/Fagopyrum - Buckwheat
- Portulacaceae - Portulaca - Purslane
- Rosaceae - Fragaria - Strawberries/Prunus - Plum
- Rubiaceae - Galium - Bedstraw/ Oldenlandia - No common name
- Scrophulariaceae - Antirrhinum/Linaria - Toadflax
- Solanaceae - Petunia
- Vitaceae - Vitis - Grape
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Zygophyllum fabago - Syrian Bean Caper
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum: Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species - HYLES: Original Species Name: Species Names: Genus Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: Forms: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Bombycoidea Sphingidae Macroglossinae Macroglossini HYLES Hübner 1819 Hyles livornica (Esper,[1804]) - Sphinx euphorbiae Linnaeus, 1758 - SPHINX livornica (Esper,[1804]) = Phinx koechlini Fuessly, 1781 = Celerio lineata saharae Stauder, 1921 = Celerio lineata tatsienluica Oberthür, 1916 = obscurata (Niepelt, 1922) = perlimbata (Abbayes, 1932) = Celerio malgassica (Denso, 1944) = Hyles renneri Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998 = Hyles lineata livornica = Hyles (Danneria) renneri = Phinx koechlini Fuessly 1781 - 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 - Esper, 1780 Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur Th. II (13) : Title Page : p.88 - Germany - H.l.saharae Stauder North Africa - smaller and lighter coloured |