Sphinx ligustri

Taxobox
name = "Sphinx ligustri"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Sphinx ligustri", adult
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Sphingidae
genus = "Sphinx"
species = "S. ligustri"
binomial = "Sphinx ligustri"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

The Privet hawkmoth ("Sphinx ligustri") is a species of moth found in Europe and North America. As its name describes, the caterpillars feed on privets, as well as ash trees and lilacs.

References

* [http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/s_lig.htm]