Species of moth
Agrius convolvuli
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Feeding in flight
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Showing length of proboscis Both near Rila Monastery, Bulgaria
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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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Agrius
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Species:
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A. convolvuli
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Binomial name
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Agrius convolvuli
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Distribution (red – permanent; orange – migrant)
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Synonyms
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- Sphinx convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758
- Herse convolvuli
- Protoparce orientalis Butler, 1876
- Sphinx abadonna Fabricius, 1798
- Sphinx distans Butler, 1876[2]
- Sphinx patatas Ménétriés, 1857
- Sphinx pseudoconvolvuli Schaufuss, 1870
- Sphinx roseafasciata Koch, 1865
- Sphinx convolvuli alicea Neuburger, 1899
- Sphinx convolvuli batatae Christ, 1882
- Sphinx convolvuli nigricans Cannaviello, 1900
- Agrius convolvuli aksuensis O. Bang-Haas, 1927
- Agrius convolvuli fuscosignata Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli grisea Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli ichangensis Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli intermedia Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli javanensis Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli major Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli minor Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli obscura Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli suffusa Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli tahitiensis Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli unicolor Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli variegata Tutt, 1904
- Agrius convolvuli virgata Tutt, 1904
- Herse convolvuli extincta Gehlen, 1928
- Herse convolvuli marshallensis Clark, 1922
- Herse convolvuli peitaihoensis Clark, 1922
- Herse convolvuli posticoconflua Bryk, 1946
- Protoparce convolvuli fasciata Pillich, 1909
- Protoparce convolvuli indica Skell, 1913
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Agrius convolvuli, the convolvulus hawk-moth, is a large hawk-moth. It is common throughout Europe, Asia, Africa,[3] Australia[4] and New Zealand,[5] partly as a migrant. In New Zealand, it is also known as the kumara moth, and in the Māori language as hīhue.[6]