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Pine hawkmoth

Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The pine hawkmoth (Sphinx pinastri) is a species in the family Sphingidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the pine hawkmoth

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pine hawkmoth live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pine hawkmoth as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pine hawkmoth endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pine hawkmoth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familySphingidae
  6. genusSphinx
  7. SpeciesSphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Hyloicus asiaticus, Hyloicus cenisius, Hyloicus euxinus, Hyloicus pinastri, Hyloicus pinastri cenisius, Hyloicus pinastri pinastri, Sphinx albescens, Sphinx albicans, Sphinx albicolor, Sphinx asiaticus, Sphinx bicolor, Sphinx brunnea, Sphinx cenisius, Sphinx cingulata, Sphinx distincta, Sphinx euxinus, Sphinx fasciata, Sphinx ferrea, Sphinx fuliginosa, Sphinx grisea, Sphinx mediopunctata, Sphinx minor, Sphinx nigrescens, Sphinx pinastri pinastri, Sphinx rubida, Sphinx saniptri, Sphinx selon, Sphinx semilugens, Sphinx stehri, Sphinx transversa, Sphinx unicolor, Sphinx virgata, Sphinx vittata

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Pine hawk-mothEnglish
  • Борова вечерницаBulgarian
  • lišaj borovýCzech
  • Gwalch-Wyfyn PinwyddWelsh
  • FyrresværmerDanish
  • TannenpfeilGerman
  • MännisuruEstonian
  • mäntykiitäjäFinnish
  • Sphinx du pinFrench
  • רפרף האורןHebrew
  • fenyőszenderHungarian
  • Sfinge del pinoItalian
  • Pušinis SfinksasLithuanian
  • furusvermerNorwegian Bokmål
  • DennepijlstaartDutch
  • furusvermarNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Zawisak borowiecPolish
  • Бражник сосновыйRussian
  • Lišaj borovicovýSlovak
  • Borov veščecSlovenian
  • tallsvärmareSwedish
  • Бражник сосновийUkrainian
  • Gwalch-Wyfynod PinwyddWelsh
  • Fyrre-aftensværmerDanish
  • Fyrretræets sværmerDanish
  • KiefernschwärmerGerman
  • DennenpijlstaartDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pine hawkmoth

Other species in the same genus Sphinx.

Plum sphinx

Sphinx drupiferarum

SphingidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pine hawkmoth an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pine hawkmoth as introduced in 2 countries: Canada and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pine hawkmoth?

The pine hawkmoth (Sphinx pinastri) belongs to the family Sphingidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pine hawkmoth (Sphinx pinastri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-hawkmoth

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BibTeX
@misc{pine_hawkmoth_2026,
  title = {Pine hawkmoth (Sphinx pinastri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-hawkmoth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}