Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - The European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia,Yugoslavia. [1].
• Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland ), Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasian (?), Gorno-Altaisk (?), The European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Amur, Middle-Volga, Mid-Ural,South West Siberian Yuzhno-Kuril, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
• Area - Central Europe, in the north to the Arctic Circle, often in the mountains and foothills. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Length of front wing is from 2.7 to 3.7 cm. Painting forewings mostly pink-yellowish, rear - red with black base. On the abdomen - two brown stripes. Besides all of the above for the average wine hawk characterized by unusually large eyes, because he sees the good in the twilight. [5].

General info about Imago

• Flight of the gardens, parks, even in the cities, including rather big. In wild habitats - forest and heath meadows, floodplains and riparian respectively forests. [5].

Imago lifespan

• From mid-May to July. Sometimes it's the second generation. [5].

General info about Larva

• Deilephila larvae elpenor color can vary from light green to black and brown, but always at the front of the body will be 4 major oculate spots. Horn in the back end of the abdomen black, a little.The caterpillars are active at dusk and at night, climbing the host plant, they will leave before dawn, hiding in a shelter on the ground. Pupation held here. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Vitis, Parthenocissus, Epilobium, Chamaenerion angustifolium, Clarkia, Galium, Calla palustris, Impatiens, Fucsia, Menyanthes. [28].
• Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium and Epilobium hirsutum). Also fireweed - touchy, grapes and cleavers. [5].

Larva lifespan

• Caterpillar: from mid-June to August. [5].

Egg

• Female average wine hawk lays eggs one by one, fixing them on the plants. [5].

Overwintering stage

• Winters doll. [5].

30.01.2014 22:03, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Pupa.

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