#2705 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Bedstraw Hawkmoth
🇳🇱 Walstropijlstaart ·Hyles gallii
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what is it?
Hyles gallii ( bedstraw hawk-moth , galium sphinx ) is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
base stats
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 63 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 17,611 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by S. A. von Rottemburg in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bedstraw Hawkmoth
- Nederlands
- Walstropijlstaart
- scientific name
- Hyles gallii
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Sphingidae
- sightings in NL
- 63
- sightings in Europe
- 6,967
- sightings worldwide
- 17,611
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,535
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by S. A. von Rottemburg
relatives· Sphingidae
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👀 719 in NL
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Deilephila elpenor
👀 498 in NL
#2477 📷 8Lime Hawkmoth
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Mimas tiliae
👀 306 in NL
#2491 📷 10Poplar Hawkmoth
🇳🇱 Populierenpijlstaart
Laothoe populi
👀 269 in NL
#2504 📷 10Privet Hawkmoth
🇳🇱 Ligusterpijlstaart
Sphinx ligustri
👀 227 in NL
#2510 📷 10Eyed Hawkmoth
🇳🇱 Pauwoogpijlstaart
Smerinthus ocellata
👀 214 in NL
#2537 📷 7Pine Hawkmoth
🇳🇱 Dennenpijlstaart
Sphinx pinastri
👀 175 in NL
#2547 📷 8Convolvulus Hawkmoth
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Agrius convolvuli
👀 164 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118901, Wikidata Q851533, GBIF 1862837, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.