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title: "Convolvulus Hawkmoth"
description: "Agrius convolvuli — Insects & spiders. Agrius convolvuli, the convolvulus hawk-moth, is a large hawk-moth."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/convolvulus-hawkmoth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Convolvulus Hawkmoth

> Agrius convolvuli — Insects & spiders. Agrius convolvuli, the convolvulus hawk-moth, is a large hawk-moth.

- Scientific name: *Agrius convolvuli*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 25593
- Wikidata: [Q183285](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183285)
- iNaturalist taxon: [124031](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124031)

## Names

- en: Convolvulus Hawkmoth
- de: Windenschwärmer
- es: Esfinge de la correhuela
- fr: Sphinx du liseron
- nl: Windepijlstaart
- pl: Zawisak powojowiec

## Countries with the most observations

FR (3731), IT (3076), AU (2281), AT (1391), ES (1199), DE (888), IN (769), TW (655), CN (557), CH (555), GB (543), ZA (518)

## Summary

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. In New Zealand, it is also known as the kumara moth, and in the Māori language as hīhue.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrius_convolvuli

## Photo

![Convolvulus Hawkmoth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/convolvulus-hawkmoth/medium.jpg)

Photo: thankyou · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20268598

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/convolvulus-hawkmoth?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).