Species Details

ABH: 69.010

BF: 1984

Family: Sphingidae

Subfamily: Macroglossinae

Taxon: Macroglossum stellatarum

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Humming-bird Hawk-moth

Account:

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan:

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Mar (1948) — 19 Nov (2003)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Galium sp., Rubia peregrina (Wild Madder).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/macroglossum-stellatarum/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 202

Individuals: 69

Earliest Year: 1857

Latest Year: 2025

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