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title: "Pine Hawkmoth"
description: "Sphinx pinastri — Insects & spiders. Sphinx pinastri, the pine hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pine-hawkmoth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pine Hawkmoth

> Sphinx pinastri — Insects & spiders. Sphinx pinastri, the pine hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Sphinx pinastri*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 13255
- Wikidata: [Q1303012](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1303012)
- iNaturalist taxon: [70128](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70128)

## Names

- en: Pine Hawkmoth
- de: Kiefernschwärmer
- fr: Sphinx du pin
- nl: Dennenpijlstaart
- pl: Zawisak borowiec

## Countries with the most observations

AT (1912), DE (1904), FR (925), RU (885), IT (879), CZ (762), FI (762), GB (752), PL (723), CH (464), DK (396), UA (308)

## Summary

Sphinx pinastri, the pine hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Palearctic realm and sometimes the Nearctic realm. This species has been found in Scotland but is usually found in England. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
The larvae feed on Scots pine, Swiss pine, Siberian pine and Norway spruce.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Wouter Van Landuyt · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122914131

## Machine access

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