| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | SPHINX LIGUSTRI |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | PRIVET HAWKMOTH |
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| Fig 1 |
| DESCRIPTION | Lime green with a series of angled burgundy and white oblique slash marks down each side of the body. The face is surrounded by a black band and at the rear is found a downward facing black horn. |
| FOODPLANT | A voracious feeder on privet but also ash and lilac. |
| SEASON | July to October. |