Sphinx ligustri Linn. Privet Hawk-moth
p38. Resident, widespread but not common and some evidence of recent decline.
Hyloicus pinastri (Linn.) Pine Hawk-moth
p38. Vagrant, very rare. 42 Pelham, 12 July 1983 (GC); 63 Thaxted, 6 Aug. 1979 (AJF); 90
Bradwell-on-Sea, 23 July 1977 (AJD).
Mimas tiliae (Linn.)
p37. Resident, widespread and locally fairly common.
Smerinthus ocellata (Linn.)
p38. Resident, widespread and locally fairly common.
Laothoe populi (Linn.)
p38. Resident, widespread and common.
Hemaris tityus (Linn.)
p132. No recent record.
Lime Hawk-moth
Eyed Hawk-moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
Hemaris fuciformis (Linn.) Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
p40. Formerly widespread but scarce or rare resident; now very rare and doubtfully resident. 22
Frinton-on-Sea, 4 May 1983 (RM), the first definite Essex record since 1957 (see Guide). There is
also an unconfirmed report of an imago followed by larvae at 92 Layer-de-la-Haye in 1981 (per
JY).
Macroglossum stellatarum (Linn.) Humming-bird Hawk-moth
p40. Migrant, often scarce, sometimes fairly common. Sizable immigrations in 1976, 1982 and
1984; an even bigger one in 1983 was perhaps the largest since 1959 (see Guide).
Daphnis nerii (Linn.) Oleander Hawk-moth
p39. Migrant, very rare. 88 Canvey Island, Aug. 1975 (per JTF); 11 Jaywick, 9 Oct. 1953
(Honeybourne, 1953).
Hyles euphorbiae (Linn.) ( Celerio euphorbiae ) Spurge Hawk-moth
p132. Migrant, very rare; only one previous record (of larvae at Harwich in 1872) *. 69 Warley, 28
July 1979 (PAB), an unusually small, dark individual.
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