Sphinx of the bindweed

The sphinx of the bindweed or sphinx with ox horns, whose scientific name is Agrius concolvuli is a large night butterfly (Lépidoptère) pertaining to Sphingidae.

One meets it in the twilight and is very particularly recognizable with his extremely precise flight, comparable with that of the Moro sphinx and with that of… the hummingbirds.

Description

  • Scale of the male: from 45 to 52 Misters
  • His caterpillar, of green color domiante to black, as that of others sphynx is of big size and is provided with a small pointed horn.
  • Its chrysalis brown reddish is characterized by a definitely visible horn.
  • Period of flight: May at September, in two generations.
  • Anatomy: Except its particular flight, the sphinx of the bindweed has a single characteristic: it is equipped with a disproportionate horn, being able to exceed 10 cm length, which enables him, without never being posed, to take the Nectar at the bottom of the deepest corollas. Like his/her cousin, the sphinx of the bindweed is a butinor, who takes part in the Polinisation of the flowers.

Surface of distribution:

Habitat:

Edge S, Meadow S and gardens, where it is nourished on several plant-hosts; Bindweeds ( Convolvulus arvensis or Bindweed of the fields), Calystegia sepium or Bindweed of the hedges), but also Rumex , Impatiens , etc

See too

  • Lépidoptère
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