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title: "Esfinge del Tilo"
description: "Mimas tiliae — Insectos y arañas. Mimas tiliae, the lime hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/lime-hawkmoth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Esfinge del Tilo

> Mimas tiliae — Insectos y arañas. Mimas tiliae, the lime hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Mimas tiliae*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 18809
- Wikidata: [Q428187](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428187)
- iNaturalist taxon: [154388](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154388)

## Names

- en: Lime Hawkmoth
- de: Lindenschwärmer
- es: Esfinge del Tilo
- fr: Sphinx du tilleul
- nl: Lindepijlstaart
- pl: Nastrosz lipowiec

## Countries with the most observations

DE (2638), GB (2419), FR (2405), AT (1715), RU (1457), IT (1362), CZ (636), DK (538), FI (520), ES (511), PL (500), CH (405)

## Summary

Mimas tiliae, the lime hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East, and in northern Spain (Europe). The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

This species is quite variable, though not confusable with any other sphingid of the Palearctic in its markings, the ground colour of the forewings being pinkish or buff, darker towards the tornus, marked with one or two dark green or brown blotches which are sometimes merged to form a continuous band across the middle of the forewing. The hindwings are plainer…

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

## Photo

![Esfinge del Tilo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lime-hawkmoth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30469299

## Machine access

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