---
title: "Privet Hawkmoth"
description: "Sphinx ligustri — Insetos e aranhas. Sphinx ligustri, the privet hawk moth, is a moth found in most of the Palearctic realm."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/privet-hawkmoth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Privet Hawkmoth

> Sphinx ligustri — Insetos e aranhas. Sphinx ligustri, the privet hawk moth, is a moth found in most of the Palearctic realm.

- Scientific name: *Sphinx ligustri*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9946
- Wikidata: [Q163794](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163794)
- iNaturalist taxon: [362591](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/362591)

## Names

- en: Privet Hawkmoth
- de: Ligusterschwärmer
- es: Esfinge del Aligustre
- fr: Sphinx du troène
- nl: Ligusterpijlstaart
- pl: Zawisak tawulec

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2240), FR (1414), DE (820), DK (688), AT (675), RU (471), ES (291), IT (282), CZ (280), FI (261), NL (225), PL (221)

## Summary

Sphinx ligustri, the privet hawk moth, is a moth found in most of the Palearctic realm. 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/Sphinx_ligustri

## Photo

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

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115512966

## Machine access

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