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- Rare / Uncommon / Scarce
- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.ID pointers: A rather plain grey-brown coloured hawk-moth with three or four black streaks in the centre of the forewing. The forewing trailing edge fringes are chequered and an all dark brown hindwing. There are prominent black bases to the forewing and a plain grey abdomen with black bars and no trace of any pink banding.
Distribution: (First record: 1988 ) - A rare and localised species in Derbyshire, first recorded in 1998. There are very few records. Scattered records reported annually, although it is now becoming more widespread, moving from south to north.
No Last Date Information Recorded
Last Recorded By: Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded
First Recorded Year: 1988
IMAGES BELOW: Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Images by Tony Davison © / Melbourne – Tony Davison
Pine Hawk-moth - Melbourne - Tony Davison©
