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#2547 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

🇳🇱 Windepijlstaart ·Agrius convolvuli

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Convolvulus Hawkmoth, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Agrius convolvuli , the convolvulus hawk-moth , is a large hawk-moth. It is common throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, partly as a migrant.

base stats

  • NL sightings 164iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 27,376iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 164 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 27,376 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Convolvulus Hawkmoth
Nederlands
Windepijlstaart
scientific name
Agrius convolvuli
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Sphingidae
sightings in NL
164
sightings in Europe
16,723
sightings worldwide
27,376
GBIF records in NL
8,237
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Sphingidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 124031, Wikidata Q183285, GBIF 1861644, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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