Vine Hawk Moth: Male, profile

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Hawk Moth (:Bombycoidea Sphingidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Vine Hawk Moth (Hippotion celerio)

This Photo:

🔍Male, profile🔎

Thank you Stewart Tomlinson (Stomlins701) & Dr Bostjan Dvorak for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~40mm long & ~72mm wingspan.
Note the fine hairs on the antennae making this a male.
Also not the stunning hot pink hindwings & orange racing stripes down the side of the thorax.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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