Vine Hawk Moth Male, ventral | Scrofa Hawk Moth S1, Female, perspective | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Hawk Moth (:Bombycoidea Sphingidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Scrofa Hawk Moth (Hippotion scrofa) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S1, Female, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Other name: | Coprosma Hawk Moth | ||||
Thank you Matt Campbell, Prof Victor W Fazio III, David Muirhead & Dr Bostjan Dvorak for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~35mm long & ~70mm wingspan. Came to night light. Female as it has no hairs/pectinations/filaments on the antennae. While not obvious, the male does have tiny ones as can be seen in the photo's here. Stunning red or orange (depending on specimen) hind wings. | |||||
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