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species

Poplar Hawk-moth
Laothoe populi (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Sphingidae - hawk moths »  genus Laothoe

Scientific synonyms

Sphinx populi Linnaeus, 1758 o
Amorpha populi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Smerinthus borkhauseni Bartel, 1900
Merinthus palustris Holle, 1865
Smerinthus roseotincta Reuter, 1935
Merinthus salicis Holle, 1865
Sphinx tremulae Borkhausen, 1793

Type taxon of:Laothoe Fabricius, 1807 (Sphinx populi Linnaeus, 1758)

Images

Laothoe populi - Poplar Hawk-moth

Author: Jiří Novák

Laothoe populi - Poplar Hawk-moth

Author: Ivan Motlik

Laothoe populi - Poplar Hawk-moth

male

Author: Václav John

Laothoe populi - Poplar Hawk-moth

Author: Petr Holub

larva


pupa

Laothoe populi - Poplar Hawk-moth

Author: Jiří Dohnal

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Intertaxon relationships

parasitoid (larval stage only): Microplitis ocellatae (Bouché, 1834)

Included taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Laothoe populi populetorum (Staudinger, 1887)
subspecies Laothoe populi populi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Links and literature

CZ EN Laštůvka Z., Liška J.: Checklist of Lepidoptera of the Czech Republic [http://www.lepidoptera.wz.cz/] [as Laothoe populi (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 28 February 2009
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Laothoe populi (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
CZ Hudec K., Kolibáč J., Laštůvka Z., Peňáz M. a kol. (2007): Příroda České republiky: průvodce faunou, Academia [as Laothoe populi]

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Explanations

o original combination