Privet hawk-moth

Hawk-moth larva found on privet in Hampshire, 1911. From Major AB Gay’s collection.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
81/2003/1272
Collection Class
Arthropods
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Gay, Major Arthur Bertie (from the collection of)
Common Name
privet hawk-moth
Simple Name
insect: moth
Period Classification
Edwardian (1901-1914)

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SPHINGIDAE: Sphinx ligustri (Linnaeus, 1758): privet hawk-moth