Hippotion celerio
{{short description|Species of moth}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Silver-striped hawk-moth
| image = Hippotion celerio Balluta Bay Malta 01.jpg
| image2 = Hippotion celerio larva.jpg
| taxon = Hippotion celerio
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144759/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443722 Fauna Europaea]
| synonyms =
- Sphinx celerio Linnaeus, 1758
- Sphinx tisiphone Linnaeus, 1758
- Phalaena inquilinus Harris, 1780
- Elpenor phoenix Oken, 1815
- Deilephila albolineata Montrousier, 1864
- Hippotion ocys Hübner, 1819
- Hippotion celerio unicolor Tutt, 1904
- Hippotion celerio sieberti (Closs, 1910)
- Hippotion celerio rosea (Closs, 1911)
- Hippotion celerio pallida Tutt, 1904
- Hippotion celerio luecki Closs, 1912
- Hippotion celerio brunnea Tutt, 1904
- Deilephila celerio augustii (Trimoulet, 1858)
| range_map = Hippotion celerio distribution map, crop.png
| range_map_caption = {{legend0|#b62416| resident range}} {{legend0|#e0b000| migrant range}}
Note: Delineation between resident and migrant ranges cannot be clearly defined
in North Africa and Europe.
}}
Hippotion celerio, the vine hawk-moth or silver-striped hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Distribution
Description
The forewing is typically {{convert|28|-|45|mm}} long.
Hippotion celerio MHNT CUT 2010 0 73 Noumea male dorsal.jpg|{{center|male}}
Hippotion celerio MHNT CUT 2010 0 73 Noumea male ventral.jpg|{{center|male underside}}
Hippotion celerio MHNT CUT 2010 0 73 Malaysia female dorsal.jpg|{{center|female}}
Hippotion celerio MHNT CUT 2010 0 73 Malaysia female ventral.jpg|{{center|female underside}}
= Colouring and marks =
The body and forewing of the adult moth are green and ochre. They have silvery white dots and streaks, with a silvery band running obliquely on the forewing. The hindwing is red near its lower angle (tornus) to pinkish over other parts of the wing. It is crossed by a black bar and black veins. There is greater variation. In f. pallida Tutt the ground coloration is a pale terracotta ground; in f. rosea Closs, the wings have a red suffusion; in f. brunnea Tutt, the suffusion is deep brown. In f. augustei Trimoul, the black markings cover the entire wings; in f. luecki Closs, all silver markings are absent and in f. sieberti Closs, the forewing oblique stripe is yellowish, not silver.
Similar species
- Hippotion osiris larger size and lacks the black venation on the hindwing.
- Hippotion aporodes may be only a very dark subspecies of celerio - in this form, the silvery streak on the forewing is not present but other markings are intensified. In addition, the hindwing is mainly brownish.
{{quote |quote=Head and thorax as in eson; abdomen with a white spot on each segment between the dorsal white lines; a pair of silvery lateral strigae on each segment. Fore wing paler; some silvery streaks on the median nervure; the nervules beyond the cell streaked with silvery white and black; a silvery-white line from apex to near base of inner margin, followed by some ochreous and pale brown lines; a white submarginal line; the markings are thus similar to oldenlandiae, except that the lines that come out white are different. Hind wing with the base and anal angle bright pink; disk blackish; the outer area ochreous brown, with a black submarginal line and the nervules between it and the cell black. Larva brown; a series of whitish ocelli with darker centers from 4th to 10th somites; horn and underside white. | source=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |author-link=George Hampson |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/5/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I |publisher=Taylor and Francis |year=1892 |volume=Moths - Vol. I |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
}}
Biology
= Larva =
Larvae could be green, yellowish green or even brown. They have a dark broken mid-dorsal line and a creamy dorso-lateral line from the fifth segment to the horn. The head is round, and usually a dull green colour. The larva has a horn which is usually long and straight. There is a large yellow and green eyespot on the third segment and a smaller one on the fourth segment.
Larvae typically feed on the leaves of plants such as the grape vine, Cissus, Impatiens and the Arum lily.
References
{{Reflist}}
- Pinhey, E. (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.
External links
{{Commonscat}}
- [https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hippotion-celerio/ Silver-striped Hawk-moth] at UKMoths
- {{cite web |last=Pittaway |first=A. R. |date=2018 |url=http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/h_cel.htm |title=Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) |website=Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic |access-date=December 17, 2018}}
- [http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Hippotion_Celerio Lepiforum e.V.]
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Category:Moths of the Middle East
Category:Moths described in 1758
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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