---
title: "Walstropijlstaart"
description: "Hyles gallii — Insecten en spinnen. Hyles gallii, the bedstraw hawk-moth or galium sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bedstraw-hawkmoth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Walstropijlstaart

> Hyles gallii — Insecten en spinnen. Hyles gallii, the bedstraw hawk-moth or galium sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Hyles gallii*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17117
- Wikidata: [Q851533](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q851533)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118901](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118901)

## Names

- en: Bedstraw Hawkmoth
- de: Labkrautschwärmer
- fr: Sphinx du gaillet
- nl: Walstropijlstaart
- pl: Zmrocznik przytuliak

## Countries with the most observations

CA (4454), US (4093), RU (2250), FI (1074), DE (858), SE (473), DK (448), CZ (371), PL (308), UA (267), AT (262), LT (236)

## Summary

Hyles gallii, the bedstraw hawk-moth or galium sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by S. A. von Rottemburg in 1775.

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

## Photo

![Walstropijlstaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bedstraw-hawkmoth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122352060

## Machine access

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