Smerinthus ocellatus

Eyed hawk-moth
	Female in resting position
	Male in resting position
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Smerinthus
Species:	S. ocellatus
Binomial name
	Smerinthus ocellatus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Sphinx ocellata Linnaeus, 1758; Sphinx salicis Hübner, 1796; Sphinx semipavo Retzius, 1783; Smerinthus ocellata (misspelling); Smerinthus atlanticus Austaut, 1890; Smerinthus atlanticus aestivalis (Austaut, 1890); Smerinthus ocellata albescens Tutt, 1902; Smerinthus ocellata biocellata (Lempke, 1959); Smerinthus ocellata brunnescens (Lempke, 1959); Smerinthus ocellata caeca Tutt, 1902; Smerinthus ocellata caerulocellata (Lempke, 1959); Smerinthus ocellata cinerascens Staudinger, 1879; Smerinthus ocellata deroseata (Lempke, 1959); Smerinthus ocellata diluta (Closs, 1917); Smerinthus ocellata flavescens Neumann, 1930; Smerinthus ocellata grisea (Closs, 1917); Smerinthus ocellata kainiti Knop, 1937; Smerinthus ocellata monochromica Cockayne, 1953; Smerinthus ocellata ollivryi Oberthür, 1920; Smerinthus ocellata pallida Tutt, 1902; Smerinthus ocellata parvocellata (Lempke, 1959); Smerinthus ocellata reducta Schnaider, 1950; Smerinthus ocellata rosea Bartel, 1900; Smerinthus ocellata rufescens (Lempke, 1959); Smerinthus ocellata uniformis (Lempke, 1959); Smerinthus ocellata viridiocellata (Lempke, 1959);

Smerinthus ocellatus, the eyed hawk-moth, is a European moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

The eyespots are not visible in resting position, where the forewings cover them. They are displayed when the moth feels threatened, and may startle a potential predator, giving the moth a chance to escape.^[2]

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ Stevens, Martin (2005). "The role of eyespots as anti-predator mechanisms, principally demonstrated in the Lepidoptera". Biological Reviews. 80 (4): 573–588. doi:10.1017/S1464793105006810. PMID 16221330.

[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Stevens, Martin (2005). "The role of eyespots as anti-predator mechanisms, principally demonstrated in the Lepidoptera". Biological Reviews. 80 (4): 573–588. doi:10.1017/S1464793105006810. PMID 16221330.

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Eyed hawk-moth

Female in resting position

Male in resting position
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Smerinthus
Species:	S. ocellatus
Binomial name
*Smerinthus ocellatus* (Linnaeus, 1758)^[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx ocellata Linnaeus, 1758 Sphinx salicis Hübner, 1796 Sphinx semipavo Retzius, 1783 Smerinthus ocellata (misspelling) Smerinthus atlanticus Austaut, 1890 Smerinthus atlanticus aestivalis (Austaut, 1890) Smerinthus ocellata albescens Tutt, 1902 Smerinthus ocellata biocellata (Lempke, 1959) Smerinthus ocellata brunnescens (Lempke, 1959) Smerinthus ocellata caeca Tutt, 1902 Smerinthus ocellata caerulocellata (Lempke, 1959) Smerinthus ocellata cinerascens Staudinger, 1879 Smerinthus ocellata deroseata (Lempke, 1959) Smerinthus ocellata diluta (Closs, 1917) Smerinthus ocellata flavescens Neumann, 1930 Smerinthus ocellata grisea (Closs, 1917) Smerinthus ocellata kainiti Knop, 1937 Smerinthus ocellata monochromica Cockayne, 1953 Smerinthus ocellata ollivryi Oberthür, 1920 Smerinthus ocellata pallida Tutt, 1902 Smerinthus ocellata parvocellata (Lempke, 1959) Smerinthus ocellata reducta Schnaider, 1950 Smerinthus ocellata rosea Bartel, 1900 Smerinthus ocellata rufescens (Lempke, 1959) Smerinthus ocellata uniformis (Lempke, 1959) Smerinthus ocellata viridiocellata (Lempke, 1959)