Smerinthus ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Eyed Hawk-moth)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSmerinthus ocellata (Eyed Hawk-moth)
FamilySPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth)
SuperfamilyBOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Smerinthus ocellata (Eyed Hawk-moth) :
1: Smerinthus ocellata (Eyed Hawk-moth)
15 Jun 2018 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
at MV trap
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - natural backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - natural background (2)Image 3: Adult - lateral view - natural backgroundImage 4: Adult - lateral view - natural background (2)Image 5: Adult - showing warning colours - dorsal view - natural backgroundImage 6: Adult - showing warning colours - dorsal view - natural background (2)
2: Smerinthus ocellata (Eyed Hawk-moth)
29 May 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Female, in MV trap. Laid eggs which hatched.
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - natural backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - natural background (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - showing eye spots - natural backgroundImage 4: Larva - newly hatched - magnified - artificial background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Waring, P. 2008 Caterpillar of an Eyed hawkmoth Vol 19, no. 6 Page: 437

Smerinthus ocellata (Eyed Hawk-moth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Smerinthus ocellata (Eyed Hawk-moth)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Smerinthus ocellata (Eyed Hawk-moth)
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