Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Sphinx pinastri

Sphinx pinastri (Linnaeus, 1758)

pine hawk-moth

on Pinus, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Pinaceae, oligophagous

Abies nordmanniana; Cedrus atlantica; Larix decidua, kaempferi, sibirica; Picea abies; Pinus ba nksiana, cembra, mugo & subsp. rotundata, nigra, parviflora, strobus, sylvestris, wallichiana; Pseudotsuga menziesii.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

synonyms

Hyloicus pinastri.

references

Akkuzu, Ayberk & Inac (2007a), Ebert (ed., 1994a), Lepiforum (2021), Meerman (1987a), Thunes, Skartveit, Gjerde, ao (2004a), Tugelea & Tugelea (2020b).

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