69.014 Hyles gallii (Bedstraw Hawkmoth)
fw: 34-38mm; rare but almost annual migrant, May-Aug. Currently resident very locally in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire
Hyles gallii (Bedstraw Hawkmoth) ยง1
ID: The 3 Hyles species on the British list are similar. All have olive-brown forewings, thorax and abdominal dorsum; a broad, pale streak from mid-dorsum to forewing apex; and a broad, pink postmedian hindwing fascia. H.livornica (Striped Hawkmoth) is distinguished by having the forewing veins lined white; all three species have the lateral border of the tegulae lined white, in H.livornica this line is continued around the posterior and medial borders of the tegulae. In H.euphorbiae (Spurge Hawkmoth) the pale forewing streak is extended towards the mid-costa and along the costa from the apex. In H.euphorbiae the underside of both forewing and hindwing is pink; Sterling & Parsons state that the underside of the wings of H.gallii is "not pink" but doesn't tell us what colour it is.
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 North Yorkshire; 08/2019; (pinned specimen, prepared by Will Scott)
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 09/11/2019 (§1)
