Sphinx ligustri
{{Redirect|Privet hawk moth|the other moth with this common name|Psilogramma menephron{{!}}Psilogramma menephron}}
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| name= Privet hawk moth
| image = Sphinx.ligustri.7631.jpg
| taxon = Sphinx ligustri
| authority = Linnaeus, 1758{{cite web|url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Sphinx/ligustri.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126080126/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Sphinx/ligustri.html|archive-date=2012-11-26|url-status=dead|title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae|publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org|date=|access-date=2011-11-01}}
| synonyms =
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|Sphinx chishimensis|Matsumura, 1929
|Sphinx spiraeae|Esper, 1800
|Sphinx ligustri albescens|Tutt, 1904
|Sphinx ligustri amurensis|Oberthür, 1886
|Sphinx ligustri brunnea|Tutt, 1904
|Sphinx ligustri brunnescens|(Lempke, 1959)
|Sphinx ligustri cingulata|(Lempke, 1964)
|Sphinx ligustri eichleri|Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1992
|Sphinx ligustri fraxini|Dannehl, 1925
|Sphinx ligustri grisea|(Closs, 1917)
|Sphinx ligustri incerta|Tutt, 1904
|Sphinx ligustri intermedia|Tutt, 1904
|Sphinx ligustri lutescens|Tutt, 1904
|Sphinx ligustri nisseni|Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
|Sphinx ligustri obscura|Tutt, 1904
|Sphinx ligustri pallida|Tutt, 1904
|Sphinx ligustri perversa|Gehlen, 1928
|Sphinx ligustri postrufescens|(Lempke, 1959)
|Sphinx ligustri rosacea|Rebel, 1910
|Sphinx ligustri seydeli|Debauche, 1934
|Sphinx ligustri subpallida|Tutt, 1904
|Sphinx ligustri typica|Tutt, 1904
|Sphinx ligustri unifasciata|Gschwandner, 1912
|Sphinx ligustri weryi|Rungs, 1977
|Sphinx ligustri zolotuhini|Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996
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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 {{convert|12|cm}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2015-07-15 |title=Privet Hawk-moth – Natural Lizard |url=https://23.naturallizard.co.uk/2015/07/15/privet-hawkmoth/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |language=en-US}}
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.{{cite book |title=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 |author=Donovan, Edward |year=1792 |location=London |page=79 |url=https://archive.org/stream/naturalhistoryof899dono#page/n147/mode/2up}}
Diet
Gallery
Sphinx ligustri MHNT dos femelle.jpg|Female, dorsal side
Sphinx ligustri MHNT ventre femelle.jpg|Female, ventral side
Sphinx ligustri MHNT dos male.jpg|Male, dorsal side
Sphinx ligustri MHNT ventre male.jpg|Male, ventral side
File:Sphinx ligustri01.jpg|Caterpillar
File:Sphinx ligustri pupating1.jpg|Pupating
File:Sphinx ligustri pupating3.jpg|Pupa
File:Sphinx ligustri from plate 284 of naturalhistoryof899dono.jpg|Pupa, caterpillar, and adult
References
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External links
- {{Commons-inline|Sphinx ligustri|Sphinx ligustri}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Sphinx ligustri|Sphinx ligustri}}
- [https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/sphinx-ligustri "69.006 BF1976 Privet Hawk-moth Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1758"]. UKMoths. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- {{cite web |last=Pittaway |first=A. R. |date=2018 |url=http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/s_lig.htm |title=Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 |website=Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic |accessdate=December 13, 2018}}
- [http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?sphinx_Ligustri "06832 Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1758 - Ligusterschwärmer"]. Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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Category:Moths described in 1758
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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