Deilephila porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

• Choerocampa porcellus. [3].
• Deilephila suellus Oudemans, 1899 [258].
• Deilephila suellus Staudinger, 1878 [258].

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
• Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasian (?), Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, of Baikal (?) Pribaikalskiy, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, Tuva (?), South-West-Siberian, South Ural. [3].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: Transbaikal of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy. [3].
• He lives across Europe, in the Alps - to 1600 m. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Length of front wing - up to 2.4 cm, respectively, significantly less than the butterflyDeilephila elpenor- the average wine hawk, although similar to a color and pattern as the wings and abdomen. Also, unlike its congener medium, at wine small hawk not two lines on the back, and only one. But all the same large, expressive eyes. [5].

General info about Imago

• Habitat - floodplain forests along streams and rivers. Butterflies are actively flying to the light. [5].

Imago lifespan

• Flight of time: middle of May - the beginning of July. In the south of Central Europe is the second generation. [5].

General info about Larva

• In color may be different - the brilliant green, brownish, blackish ... As larvae average wine hawk, oculate have 4 spots and a horn at the end of the abdomen is still less than the average. Weave a cocoon. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Galium, Rubia, Epilobium, Chamaenerion angustifolium. [28].
• Cyprus, bedstraw, touchy. [5].

Larva lifespan

• Caterpillars pink hawk carousing from July to August. [5].

Egg

• Eggs are attached one for forage plants. [5].

Overwintering stage

• Pupa. [5].

03.12.2023 12:37, Evgeny Komarov The taxons were merged.

Deilephila porcellus and Choerocampa suellus were merged.

03.12.2023 10:43, Evgeny Komarov The taxons were merged.

Deilephila porcellus and Deilephila suellus were merged.

30.01.2014 20:53, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Pupa.

23.02.2011 10:10, Evgeny Komarov

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