{"id":13253,"date":"2020-04-17T14:59:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T12:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/privet-hawk-moth\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T19:09:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T17:09:22","slug":"privet-hawk-moth","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/privet-hawk-moth\/","title":{"rendered":"Privet hawk moth"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”topentry” el_class=”topentry”]Pri<\/wbr>vet hawk moth, this large moth belongs to the sphinx moths.
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt” css=”.vc_custom_1682007161129{padding-left: 20px !important;}”]Do not confuse with:<\/em>
\nPsilogramma menephron,<\/em> also named Pri<\/wbr>vet hawk moth: a large sphinx moth usually found in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162142715{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”5727″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162092980{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”entrytxt”]Pri<\/wbr>vet hawk moth<\/strong> (Sphinx ligustri)<\/em>. This large moth belongs to the sphinx moths or hawk moths (Sphingidae)<\/em>. The pri<\/wbr>vet hawk moth has a wingspan of about 10 cm and is found throughout the Palearctic realm.
\nThis sphinx moth is active at night from May to September. They live on nectar that they lick off flowers with their long, rolling tongues.
\nThe caterpillars (larvae) of the pri<\/wbr>vet hawk moth can be seen from July to early November. The caterpillars hibernate at spade depth, about 30 cm in the ground.
\nPri<\/wbr>vet is the main host plant<\/a> of this butterfly.
\nMice<\/a>, birds<\/a> and frogs are the natural enemies of the Pri<\/wbr>vet hawk moth – both the caterpillars and the butterflies.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Where to find” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1537946500082{background-color: #536895 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt” css=”.vc_custom_1682010556091{padding-left: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n