69.017 Deilephila porcellus (Small Elephant Hawkmoth)
fw: 21-25mm, ws 47-56mm; May-Jul; bedstraws (Galium spp); locally common in S.England, Wales, more scarce in N.England & S.Scotland
Deilephila porcellus (Small Elephant Hawkmoth §2
ID: An unmistakeable pink and yellow-brown hawkmoth. D.elpenor (Elephant Hawkmoth) has similar coloration but is much larger (fw 28-33mm). D.elpenor has a well-marked central loop of pink, and lateral curved stripes of pink, on its yellow-green thorax and a pink central stripe along the dorsum of the abdomen. D.porcellus has smudgy pink markings on the thorax and lacks any abdominal stripe.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk 24/05/2007
§2 Foulness, Essex; 27/06/2010
§3 Foulness, Essex; 27/06/2010
§4 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 08/06/2018; male; fw 22.0mm
§5 Thetford Forest, Suffolk; 11/06/2020; male
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§2 Foulness, Essex; 27/06/2010
§3 Foulness, Essex; 27/06/2010
§4 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 08/06/2018; male; fw 22.0mm
§5 Thetford Forest, Suffolk; 11/06/2020; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 15/11/2014 (§1-3) | §4 added 14/03/2019 | §5 added 23/06/2020
