---
title: "Klein avondrood"
description: "Deilephila porcellus — Insecten en spinnen. Deilephila porcellus, the small elephant hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/small-elephant-hawkmoth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Klein avondrood

> Deilephila porcellus — Insecten en spinnen. Deilephila porcellus, the small elephant hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Deilephila porcellus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10325
- Wikidata: [Q115128](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115128)
- iNaturalist taxon: [202083](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202083)

## Names

- en: Small Elephant Hawkmoth
- de: Kleiner Weinschwärmer
- es: Esfinge morada pequeña
- fr: Petit sphinx de la vigne
- nl: Klein avondrood
- pl: Zmrocznik pazik

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1439), AT (1424), DE (1224), RU (814), GB (749), CH (560), IT (537), ES (531), HU (422), DK (335), CZ (225), UA (214)

## Summary

Deilephila porcellus, the small elephant hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

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

## Photo

![Klein avondrood](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-elephant-hawkmoth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163556336

## Machine access

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