69.018 (1993) Silver-striped Hawk-moth Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status
Immigrant. Rare.
Flight period
History
"On the 8th inst. (October) the gardener at Edenbank, near here, handed me a match-box, with the remark that it contained a big moth that he had taken out of a "speedurt's waab." Judge of my pleasurable surprise when I found it was a very fair specimen of C. celerio!" wrote Robert Service in 1880.
A second was caught at Springfield, near Gretna, in 1900.
Life cycle
Two generations.
Larval foodplants
Bedstraws.
Identification
Unmistakeable.
Habitat
Open grassy areas.
Recorders' notes |  Distribution map displays records from the National Biodiversity Network (See terms and conditions). The following datasets are included:
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