striped hawk-moth
hyles livornica latin

The Striped Hawk-moth (Hyles livornica) is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Eugen Johann Christoph Esper described the Striped Hawk-moth in 1780 using a specimen found in Italy at Livorno (hence the Latin name "livornica").

The Striped Hawk-moth (Hyles livornica) is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Until the 20th Century Hyles livornica has been considered conspecific with the American Hyles lineata and is therefore under that name (or as Celerio lineata ssp.