SCIENTIFIC NAME: HYLES GALLII
VERNACULAR NAME: BEDSTRAW HAWKMOTH

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ADULT Wingspan 60-80mm.  An easily identifiable moth with an olive brown body that has a series white marks on each side of the thorax. The hindwings are a rosy pink with a black border just inside the outer part of the hindwing. The forewings are a darker olive-brown with a broad creamy stripe (that is sometimes tinged pinkish) running through.
CHRYSALIS Not located in Britain.
LARVA Greenish brown to black with yellowish spots and feeds on bedstraws and willowherbs.
BEHAVIOUR Attracted to light.
HABITAT Coastal.
FLIGHT PERIOD May - October.
STATUS Immigrant.  More common towards the South.

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