#2504 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Privet Hawkmoth
🇳🇱 Ligusterpijlstaart ·Sphinx ligustri
📍 Tilburg, NL-NB, NL
📍 9968 Pieterburen, Netherlands
📍 6721 SP Bennekom, Netherlands
📍 Hassebergerweg, Sellingen, Groningen, NL
📍 2034 JK Nederland
📍 1795 De Cocksdorp, Niederlande
📍 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © nutmeg66 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Wildlife in a Dorset garden · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © halinaa · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 9968 Pieterburen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 6. 6721 SP Bennekom, Netherlands:© alexanderhaverkamp · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Hassebergerweg, Sellingen, Groningen, NL:© Andre Hosper · CC BY 4.0
- 8. 2034 JK Nederland:© rienw · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 1795 De Cocksdorp, Niederlande:© tubajoe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Sphinx ligustri , known as the privet hawk moth , is a species of moth found in most of the Palearctic ecozone.
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 227 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 10,022 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Privet Hawkmoth
- Nederlands
- Ligusterpijlstaart
- scientific name
- Sphinx ligustri
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Sphingidae
- sightings in NL
- 227
- sightings in Europe
- 8,915
- sightings worldwide
- 10,022
- GBIF records in NL
- 14,122
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Sphingidae
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#2436 📷 10Elephant Hawkmoth
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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
#2510 📷 10Eyed Hawkmoth
🇳🇱 Pauwoogpijlstaart
Smerinthus ocellata
👀 214 in NL
#2537 📷 7Pine Hawkmoth
🇳🇱 Dennenpijlstaart
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👀 175 in NL
#2547 📷 8Convolvulus Hawkmoth
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👀 164 in NL
#2617 📷 9Small Elephant Hawkmoth
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👀 103 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 362591, Wikidata Q163794, GBIF 5124143, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.