1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Hippotion sp. (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae: Macroglossini) Common Name Hawkmoth Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/141481 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 sp.)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/141481 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: 0 Unknown, Taro leaves, Taro tubers Distribution: 0 Unknown Status: NZ - Exotic Groups: Moths Host Family: Araceae, Nyctaginaceae, Onagraceae, Polygonaceae, Rubiaceae, Vitaceae Pest Status: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Lilina Tutt, 1903 Panacra Walker, 1856 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Forewing elongate and pointed; abdomen pointed. Antennae of female clubbed, of male rod-like; terminal segment short. Labial palpus smoothly scaled on outer side, but lacking erect hairs. Scales at apex of first segment regularly arranged on inner side to form an even border; no apical tuft on second segment. Hindtibia with two pairs of spurs, the inner spurs longer than the outer. **Egg** Ovoid, small, glossy green. **Larva** Anteriorly tapering, with retractile head. Abdominal segments 1 and 2 swollen, bearing eye-spots. Horn weakly curved backwards. **Pupa** Proboscis fused with body, laterally compressed and cariniform. Cremaster long, pointed, without apical spines on the sharp, glossy tip. **References** - Pittaway, A.R. (2009). _Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic_. Available online: [http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/list.htm/](http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/list.htm/) (Date of access: 29 Jun. 2009). 2.6. References - Pittaway, A.R. (2009). _Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic_. Available online: [http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/list.htm/](http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/list.htm/) (Date of access: 29 Jun. 2009). 2.7. Web Links HIPPOTION Hübner [1819]: http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/h_osi.htm 3. Diagnostic Images Hippotion celerio. LEP88 Hippotion sp. LEP88 Dorsal - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF Dorsal - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Hippotion celerio. LEP88 Hippotion celerio. LEP88 Head Side - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF Head Top - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF Hippotion sp. LEP88 Hippotion celerio. LEP88 Headside - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Lateral - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF Hippotion sp. LEP88 Hippotion sp. LEP88 Lateral - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Pro-legs - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Hippotion celerio. LEP88 Hippotion sp. LEP88 Ventral - Adult: Justin C. Smith MAF Ventral - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Results Generated: Thursday, September 30, 2021 .