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Convolvulus hawk moth

Agrius convolvuli

197Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun2
Jul3
Aug55
Sep105
Oct24
Nov1
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland33
2Argyll and Bute Scotland14
3Suffolk England13
4Highland Scotland12
5Devon England9
6Cambridgeshire England8
7Dorset England6
8Oxfordshire England5
9East Riding of Yorkshire England5
10Cornwall England4
11West Berkshire England4
12Isles of Scilly England4
13Norfolk England3
14Kent England3
15Somerset England3
113 England64 Scotland11 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
197
Peak month
September
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Agrius convolvuli
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
132
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Agrius
Name with authority
Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q183285 · GBIF 1861644