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Larch hawk moth

Sphinx pinastri

1,008Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May62
Jun309
Jul468
Aug138
Sep12
Oct0
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England238
2Oxfordshire England118
3Suffolk England113
4Bracknell Forest England76
5Norfolk England40
6Surrey England32
7Cambridgeshire England20
8Kent England10
9Sefton England4
10Dorset England3
11East Riding of Yorkshire England3
12Essex England3
13Worcestershire England3
14Rutland England3
15Isle of Wight England3
1,005 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,008
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Sphinx pinastri
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
908
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Sphinx
Name with authority
Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1303012 · GBIF 5124233