X-Nico

unusual facts about hawk moth



Angraecum

However, in 1903, the predicted pollinator was discovered, a hawk moth then named Xanthopan morganii praedicta ("praedicta" meaning "the predicted one")


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Gardenia thunbergia

The tree is a food plant for the larvae of some species of hawk moths such as the Oriental Bee Hawk moth, Cephonodes hylas.

Gymnadenia conopsea

The most common pollinators are the small elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus), hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum), silver Y (Autographa gamma), burnished brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) and large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba).

Knautia arvensis

It is also the foodplant of the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris tityus.

Scotopic vision

The Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) displays advanced color discrimination even in dim starlight.

Succisa pratensis

It is a good source of nectar and is the foodplant of Marsh fritillary, whose eggs are laid in groups on the underside of the plant, and Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris tityus.