Lime hawk-moth

Hawk-moth from Dr RV Solly’s collection. He found it in the ground as a pupa in 1916. Later in 1916 it emerged as an adult.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
17/1948/70
Collection Class
Arthropods
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Solly, Dr Reginald (from the collection of)
Common Name
lime hawk-moth
Simple Name
insect: moth
Period Classification
World War I (1914-1918); Modern (1900-)

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SPHINGIDAE: Mimas tiliae (Linnaeus,1758): lime hawk-moth