British Lepidoptera (/) Home (/) Anatomy (/anatomy.html) FAMILIES 1 (/families-1.html) GELECHIOIDEA (/gelechioidea.html) FAMILIES 3 (/families-3.html) FAMILIES 4 (/families-4.html) NOCTUOIDEA (/noctuoidea.html) BLOG (/blog.html) Glossary (/glossary.html) Family: SPHINGIDAE (3SF 13G 18S) Suborder:Glossata Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Bombycoidea Refs: Waring & Townsend, Wikipedia, MBGBI9 Proboscis short to very long, unscaled. Antenna ~ 1/2 length of forewing; fasciculate or pectinate in male, simple in female; apex pointed. Labial palps long, 3-segmented. Eye large. Ocelli absent. Forewing long, slender. Hindwing ±triangular. Frenulum and retinaculum usually present but may be reduced. Tegulae large, prominent. Leg spurs variable but always present on midtibia. 1st tarsal segment of mid and hindleg about as long as tibia. Subfamily: Smerinthinae (3G 3S) Tribe: Smerinthini Probably characterised by a short proboscis and reduced or absent frenulum Mimas Smerinthus Laothoe 001 Mimas tiliae (Lime Hawkmoth) 002 Smerinthus ocellata (Eyed Hawkmoth) 003 Laothoe populi (Poplar Hawkmoth) (/002- (/001-mimas-tiliae-lime-hawkmoth.html) smerinthus-ocellata-eyed-hawkmoth.html) (/003-laothoe-populi-poplar-hawkmoth.html) Subfamily: Sphinginae (3G 4S) Rest with wings in tectiform position Tribe: Acherontiini Agrius Acherontia 004 Agrius convolvuli 005 Acherontia atropos (Convolvulus Hawkmoth) (Death's-head Hawkmoth) (/005- (/004-agrius-convolvuli-convolvulus- hawkmoth.html) acherontia-atropos-deaths-head-hawkmoth.html) Tribe: Sphingini Sphinx (2S) 006 Sphinx ligustri (Privet Hawkmoth) 007 Sphinx pinastri (Pine Hawkmoth) (/007-sphinx- (/006-sphinx-ligustri-privet-hawkmoth.html) pinastri-pine-hawkmoth.html) Subfamily: Macroglossinae (2T 7G 11S) Long proboscis, feed while hovering, diurnal Tribe: Diplophonotini Much of wing membrane unscaled Hemaris (2S) 008 Hemaris tityus 009 Hemaris fuciformis (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth) (Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth) (/008-hemaris-tityus-narrow-bordered-bee- hawkmoth.html) (/009-hemaris-fuciformis-broad-bordered-bee- hawkmoth.html) Tribe: Macroglossini Macroglossum Daphnis Proserpinus 010 Macroglossum stellatarum 011 Daphnis nerii 012 Proserpinus proserpina (Hummingbird Hawkmoth) (Oleander Hawkmoth) (Willowherb Hawkmoth) fw: 48-51mm; rare but almost annual migrant Rare migrant with 2 British records. mainly to S.England Aug-Oct. (/010-macroglossum-stellatarum-hummingbird- hawkmoth.html) Hyles (3S) 013 Hyles Euphorbiae 014 Hyles gallii 015 Hyles livornica (Spurge Hawkmoth) (Bedstraw Hawkmoth) (Striped Hawkmoth) Rare migrant mostly to south coast of England, fw: 34-38mm; rare but almost annual migrant, fw: 33-42mm; rare but almost annual migrant, May-Oct May-Aug mainly to S&SW England, Apr-Oct Deilephila (2S) Hippotion 016 Deilephila elpenor 017 Deilephila porcellus 018 Hippotion celerio (Elephant Hawkmoth) (Small Elephant Hawkmoth) (Silver-striped Hawkmoth) fw: 33-35mm; rare but almost annual migrant, mainly to south coast of England Aug-Oct. (/017- deilephila-porcellus-small-elephant- hawkmoth.html) (/016-deilephila-elpenor-elephant-hawkmoth.html) CREATE A FREE WEBSITE.