Species Details

ABH: 69.018

BF: 1993

Family: Sphingidae

Subfamily: Macroglossinae

Taxon: Hippotion celerio

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Silver-striped Hawk-moth

Account: Rare immigrant from mainland Europe, appearing throughout England and, occasionally, southern Scotland. Absent in many years, but numbers have exceeded ten in several years: 1865, 1868, 1885 (when 41 were recorded) and 1963 Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Lady's Bedstraw, Great Willowherb and Honeysuckle, no evidence of breeding in the UK.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 72 — 80 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 Sep (1885) — 14 Nov (1955)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Epilobium sp. (a willowherb), Fuchsia sp., Galium sp., Parthenocissus sp., Vitis vinifera (Grape-vine).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hippotion-celerio/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 8

Earliest Year: 1862

Latest Year: 1963

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