1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Hippotion scrofa (Boisduval, 1832) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae: Macroglossini) Common Name Hawkmoth Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141480 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Hawkmoth(Hippotion scrofa )Updated on 4/9/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141480 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Cucurbitaceous produce, Grapes Distribution: 0 Unknown Status: NZ - Exotic Groups: Moths Host Family: Convolvulaceae, Rubiaceae, Vitaceae Pest Status: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Chaerocampa bernardus Koch, 1865 Chaerocampa ignea Butler, 1875 Chaerocampa scrofa Walker, 1856 Deilephila porcia Wallengren, 1860 Deilephila scrofa Boisduval, 1832 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Forewings brown and hind wings red edged with black. **Female** lines of forewings generally absent, except the oblique apical one, which is seldom faint; sometimes there are three or four lines vestigial; vaginal aperture more distal, with slightly raised semicircular edge; wingspan up to 70 mm. **Male** tenth segment tergite rounded at tip, not sinuate; sternite narrow, elongate triangular, obtuse at end. Process of harpe rather stouter, of nearly the same from. Penis-sheath: a row of teeth transversely over the sheath, ending in a dentate ridge on the right side, the row curved and oblique. **Larva** Stout fleshy brown, with broken yellow lines over the body. Subdorsal eyespots present on abdominal segments which degenerate along the body; eyespots on the first segment are black, and on the second segment brown. Small harmless horn on the tail, black at the base and has a pale tip. Up to 70 mm long. **References** - Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. (1903). A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. _Novitates Zoologicae_, 9: 1–972. 2.6. References - Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. (1903). A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. _Novitates Zoologicae_, 9: 1–972. 2.7. Web Links Caterpillars: especially Australian ones: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/scrofa.html 3. Diagnostic Images LEP87 LEP87 Dorsal - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Headside - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF LEP87 LEP87 Headtop - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Lateral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF LEP87 LEP87 Ventral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Wing - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Results Generated: Saturday, September 25, 2021 .