The wings of Sphinx pinastri are grey with black dashes. The wingspan is 2+3⁄4–3+1⁄2 inches (70–89 mm).[3] The moth flies from April to August depending on the location.
The back of the thorax is grey with two dark bands around both sides.[4]
Adult caterpillar
Caterpillar
Male
Male underside
Female
Female underside
Life cycleedit
The females lay their eggs in groups of two or three along pine or spruce needles.[3]
^The Natural History of British Insects By Edward Donovan (accessed January 12, 2009)
^ abLotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Pine hawkmoth Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
^The Naturalist's Library edited by William Jardine (accessed January 12, 2009)
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sphinx, pinastri, pine, hawk, moth, moth, family, sphingidae, found, palearctic, realm, sometimes, nearctic, realm, this, species, been, found, scotland, usually, found, england, species, first, described, carl, linnaeus, 1758, 10th, edition, systema, naturae,. Sphinx pinastri the pine hawk moth is a moth of the family Sphingidae It is found in Palearctic realm and sometimes the Nearctic realm This species has been found in Scotland but is usually found in England 2 The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae Pine hawk mothScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily SphingidaeGenus SphinxSpecies S pinastriBinomial nameSphinx pinastriLinnaeus 1758 1 SynonymsHyloicus pinastri Hyloicus asiaticus Butler 1875 Sphinx saniptri Strecker 1876 Hyloicus selon de Freina amp Witt 1987 Hyloicus pinastri albescens Cockayne 1926 Hyloicus pinastri albicans Austaut 1907 Hyloicus pinastri albicolor Cockayne 1926 Hyloicus pinastri bicolor Lempke 1959 Hyloicus pinastri cenisius Jordan 1931 Hyloicus pinastri cingulata Lempke 1964 Hyloicus pinastri euxinus Derzhavets 1979 Hyloicus pinastri grisea distincta Tutt 1904 Hyloicus pinastri grisea mediopunctata Tutt 1904 Hyloicus pinastri grisea transversa Tutt 1904 Hyloicus pinastri grisea Tutt 1904 Hyloicus pinastri medialis Jordan 1931 Hyloicus pinastri nigrescens Lempke 1959 Hyloicus pinastri rubida Cabeau 1925 Hyloicus pinastri semilugens Andreas 1925 Hyloicus pinastri typica virgata Tutt 1904 Hyloicus pinastri unicolor Tutt 1904 Hyloicus pinastri virgata Tutt 1904 Sphinx pinastri albescens Schnaider 1950 Sphinx pinastri brunnea Spuler 1903 Sphinx pinastri fasciata Lampa 1885 Sphinx pinastri ferrea Closs 1920 Sphinx pinastri fuliginosa Lambillion 1907 Sphinx pinastri minor Stephan 1924 Sphinx pinastri stehri Stephan 1926 Sphinx pinastri vittata Closs 1920The larvae feed on Scots pine Swiss pine Siberian pine and Norway spruce Contents 1 Description 2 Life cycle 3 References 4 External linksDescription editThe wings of Sphinx pinastri are grey with black dashes The wingspan is 2 3 4 3 1 2 inches 70 89 mm 3 The moth flies from April to August depending on the location The back of the thorax is grey with two dark bands around both sides 4 nbsp Adult caterpillar nbsp Caterpillar nbsp Male nbsp Male underside nbsp Female nbsp Female undersideLife cycle editThe females lay their eggs in groups of two or three along pine or spruce needles 3 References edit Fauna Europaea The Natural History of British Insects By Edward Donovan accessed January 12 2009 a b Lotts Kelly amp Naberhaus Thomas 2017 Pine hawkmoth Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus 1758 Butterflies and Moths of North America Retrieved January 7 2019 The Naturalist s Library edited by William Jardine accessed January 12 2009 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sphinx pinastri 69 007 BF1978 Pine Hawk moth Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus 1758 UKMoths Retrieved January 7 2019 06834 Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus 1758 Kiefernschwarmer Lepiforum e V Retrieved January 7 2019 nbsp This Sphinginae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sphinx pinastri amp oldid 1146612379, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
