Convolvulus Hawk Moth
Adult Male, profile
Adelaide Hills
Vine Hawk Moth
Male, dorsal
 
                      
Convolvulus Hawk Moth (Agrius convolvuli)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Hawk Moth (:Bombycoidea Sphingidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Convolvulus Hawk Moth (Agrius convolvuli)
This Photo:     Male, fore-wing pattern

Thank you Dianne Clarke for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere

Copyright © 2012-2023 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 02-Mar-2012
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.