Species of moth
| Privet hawk moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Sphingidae
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| Genus:
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Sphinx
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| Species:
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S. ligustri
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| Binomial name
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Sphinx ligustri
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| Synonyms
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- Sphinx chishimensis Matsumura, 1929
- Sphinx spiraeae Esper, 1800
- Sphinx ligustri albescens Tutt, 1904
- Sphinx ligustri amurensis Oberthür, 1886
- Sphinx ligustri brunnea Tutt, 1904
- Sphinx ligustri brunnescens (Lempke, 1959)
- Sphinx ligustri cingulata (Lempke, 1964)
- Sphinx ligustri eichleri Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1992
- Sphinx ligustri fraxini Dannehl, 1925
- Sphinx ligustri grisea (Closs, 1917)
- Sphinx ligustri incerta Tutt, 1904
- Sphinx ligustri intermedia Tutt, 1904
- Sphinx ligustri lutescens Tutt, 1904
- Sphinx ligustri nisseni Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
- Sphinx ligustri obscura Tutt, 1904
- Sphinx ligustri pallida Tutt, 1904
- Sphinx ligustri perversa Gehlen, 1928
- Sphinx ligustri postrufescens (Lempke, 1959)
- Sphinx ligustri rosacea Rebel, 1910
- Sphinx ligustri seydeli Debauche, 1934
- Sphinx ligustri subpallida Tutt, 1904
- Sphinx ligustri typica Tutt, 1904
- Sphinx ligustri unifasciata Gschwandner, 1912
- Sphinx ligustri weryi Rungs, 1977
- Sphinx ligustri zolotuhini Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996
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Sphinx ligustri, the privet hawk moth, is a moth found in most of the Palearctic realm. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
