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Datasheet

Sphinx ligustri (privet hawkmoth)

Summary

  • Last modified
  • 15 May 2008
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Pest
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Sphinx ligustri
  • Preferred Common Name
  • privet hawkmoth
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Metazoa
  •         Phylum: Arthropoda
  •             Subphylum: Uniramia
  •                 Class: Insecta
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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus

Preferred Common Name

  • privet hawkmoth

International Common Names

  • French: sphinx a troene

Local Common Names

  • Denmark: ligustersvaermer
  • Finland: syreenikiitaejae
  • Germany: Schwaermer, Liguster-
  • Netherlands: Ligusterpijlstaart
  • Norway: ligustersvermer
  • Sweden: ligustersvaemare

EPPO code

  • SPHXLI (Sphinx ligustri)

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Metazoa
  •         Phylum: Arthropoda
  •             Subphylum: Uniramia
  •                 Class: Insecta
  •                     Order: Lepidoptera
  •                         Family: Sphingidae
  •                             Genus: Sphinx
  •                                 Species: Sphinx ligustri

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

CountryDistributionLast ReportedOriginFirst ReportedInvasiveReferencesNotes

EUROPE

AustriaUnconfirmed record
BelgiumUnconfirmed record
Czechoslovakia (former)Unconfirmed record
DenmarkUnconfirmed record
EuropePresent
Former USSRUnconfirmed record
FranceUnconfirmed record
GermanyUnconfirmed recordCAB Abstracts
PolandUnconfirmed record
Russian FederationUnconfirmed record
-Russian Far EastUnconfirmed record
SwedenUnconfirmed record
UKUnconfirmed record

Host plants/Plants Affected

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Plant nameFamilyContext
Cornus alba (red-barked dogwood)CornaceaeUnknown
Euonymus (spindle trees)CelastraceaeUnknown
Forsythia (golden bells)OleaceaeUnknown
Fraxinus excelsior (ash)OleaceaeUnknown
Ilex aquifolium (holly)AquifoliaceaeUnknown
Ligustrum vulgare (common privet)OleaceaeMain
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)CaprifoliaceaeUnknown
Physocarpus opulifolius (eastern ninebark)RosaceaeUnknown
Pyrus (pears)RosaceaeUnknown
Ribes (currants)GrossulariaceaeUnknown
Rubus (blackberry, raspberry)RosaceaeUnknown
Sambucus (Elderberry)CaprifoliaceaeUnknown
Spiraea salicifolia (Bridewort)RosaceaeUnknown
Spiraea vanhouttei (Bridal wreath)RosaceaeUnknown
Symphoricarpos (snowberry)CaprifoliaceaeUnknown
Symphoricarpos albus (common snowberry)CaprifoliaceaeUnknown
Syringa vulgaris (lilac)OleaceaeUnknown
Viburnum lantana (Wayfaring tree)CaprifoliaceaeUnknown
Viburnum opulus (Guelder rose)CaprifoliaceaeUnknown

Natural Enemies

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Natural enemyTypeLife stagesSpecificityReferencesBiological control inBiological control on
Baumhaueria goniaeformisParasiteLarvae
Compsilura concinnataParasiteLarvae
Frontina laetaParasiteLarvae
Huebneria affinisParasiteLarvae
Masicera sphingivoraParasiteLarvae
Nilea hortulanaParasiteLarvae
Phryxe erythrostomaParasiteLarvae
Phryxe nemeaParasiteLarvae
Winthemia cruentataParasiteLarvae
Winthemia variegataParasiteLarvae

Distribution Maps

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Distribution map Europe: PresentAustria: Unconfirmed recordBelgium: Unconfirmed recordCzechoslovakia (former): Unconfirmed recordGermany: Unconfirmed recordDenmark: Unconfirmed recordFrance: Unconfirmed recordUK: Unconfirmed recordPoland: Unconfirmed recordRussian Federation: Unconfirmed recordRussian Federation: Unconfirmed recordRussian Federation
See regional map for distribution within the countrySweden: Unconfirmed recordFormer USSR: Unconfirmed recordFormer USSR: Unconfirmed record
  • = Present, no further details
  • = Evidence of pathogen
  • = Widespread
  • = Last reported
  • = Localised
  • = Presence unconfirmed
  • = Confined and subject to quarantine
  • = See regional map for distribution within the country
  • = Occasional or few reports
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Distribution map (asia) Russian Federation: Unconfirmed recordFormer USSR: Unconfirmed record
Distribution map (europe) Europe: PresentAustria: Unconfirmed recordBelgium: Unconfirmed recordCzechoslovakia (former): Unconfirmed recordGermany: Unconfirmed recordDenmark: Unconfirmed recordFrance: Unconfirmed recordUK: Unconfirmed recordPoland: Unconfirmed recordRussian Federation: Unconfirmed recordRussian Far East: Unconfirmed recordSweden: Unconfirmed recordFormer USSR: Unconfirmed record
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