TL: [Sweden]
Habitat
- Gardens
- Parks
- Riparian forest_OK
- River-bank scrub
- Wet meadows
Similar species
58-72 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyLišaj vrbkový 
DanskDueurtsværmer 
DeutschMittlerer Weinschwärmer 
Eesti keelSuur-punasuru 
EnglishElephant Hawk-moth EnglishElephant Hawkmoth 
EspañolEsfinge de la Vid 
FrançaisSphinx de la Vigne 
ÍslenskaRanasvarmi 
LietuviųPievinis sfinksas 
MagyarSzőlőszender 
NederlandsGroot avondrood 
NorskStor snabelsvermer 
PolskiZmrocznik gładysz 
SlovenčinaLišaj vŕbkový 
SuomeksiHorsmakiitäjä 
SvenskaStörre snabelsvärmare 
РусскийБражник винный РусскийБражник винный средний РусскийБражник Эльпенор 
日本語ベニスズメ 
한국어주홍박각시 
زبان_فارسیباز-بید فیلی
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Araceae Calla palustris Bog arum Balsaminaceae Impatiens glandulifera Himalayan Balsam Balsaminaceae Impatiens noli-tangere Touch-me-not Balsam Balsaminaceae Impatiens walleriana Busy Lizzie Lythraceae Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife Menyathaceae Menyanthes trifoliata Bog-bean Onagraceae Chamerion angustifolium Resebay Willowherb Onagraceae Circaea lutetiana Enchanter's Nightshade Onagraceae Clarkia amoena Farewell to spring Onagraceae Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb Onagraceae Epilobium palustre Marsh Willowherb Onagraceae Epilobium parviflorum Small-Flowered Willow Herb Onagraceae Epilobium roseum Pale Willowherb Onagraceae Fuchsia Fuchsia Onagraceae Oenothera biennis Evening star Rubiaceae Galium aparine Goosegrass Rubiaceae Galium mollugo Hedge Bedstraw Rubiaceae Galium verum Lady's Bedstraw Vitaceae Parthenocissus Creepers Vitaceae Vitis vinifera Common Grape Vine - Secondary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Balsaminaceae Impatiens Balsam Onagraceae Fuchsia Fuchsia Ranunculaceae Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold Vitaceae Vitis vinifera Common Grape Vine
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Sphinx elpenor Linnaeus, 1758
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson Japanese Moths Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger North American Moth Photographers Group Pacific Northwest Moths Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic Tony Pittaway Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory Ian Kitching Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Moths Ian Kimber
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