Hippotion celerio (Silver striped hawkmoth)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Family: Sphingidae (hawkmoths) > Subfamily: Macroglossinae > Genus: Hippotion

Hippotion celerio male [photo J. Joannou ©]

Host-plants eaten by larvae

Zantedeschia aethiopica (Arum Lily) Family: Araceae
Impatiens spp. Family: Balsaminaceae The host-plant records for this species are for garden ornamentals but there are 4 indigenous species in southern Africa.
Acacia caffra Family: Fabaceae
Acacia karroo Family: Fabaceae
Ampelopsis sp.  Family: Vitaceae A garden ornamental, originating from Asia or North America.
Cyphostemma cirrhosum  Family: Vitaceae
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper) Family: Vitaceae A garden ornamental, originating from North America.
Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Veitchii' (Boston Creeper) Family: Vitaceae A garden ornamental.
Rhoicissus tomentosa Family: Vitaceae
Rhoicissus tridentata Family: Vitaceae
Vitis vinifera (Grapevine) Family: Vitaceae A cultivated species, originating from the orient and northwest India.

Links

• species account with images on Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic web site.

Text and images by Hamish Robertson