SCIENTIFIC NAME: SPHINX LIGUSTRI
VERNACULAR NAME: PRIVET HAWKMOTH

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.

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