Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Sphingidae > Laothoe > Laothoe populiLaothoe populi (Poplar Hawk-moth)Synonyms: Amorpha populi; Laothoe albida; Laothoe angustata; Laothoe basilutescens; Laothoe bicolor; Laothoe borkhauseni; Laothoe decorata; Laothoe depupillatus; Laothoe diluta; Laothoe fasciata; Laothoe ferruginea; Laothoe flavomaculata; Laothoe fuchsi; Laothoe grisea; Laothoe minor; Laothoe moesta; Laothoe pallida; Laothoe pallustris; Laothoe philiponi; Laothoe rectilineata; Laothoe roseotincta; Laothoe rufa; Laothoe rufescens; Laothoe salicis; Laothoe schoengarthi; Laothoe subflava; Laothoe suffusa; Laothoe tremulae (heterotypic); Laothoe violacea; Smerinthus populi; Sphinx populi (homotypic); Sphinx tremulae Laothoe amurensis (aspen hawk-moth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the northern part of the Palearctic ecozone. It flies in May and can be found only in far-Eastern Europe, including parts of Poland, Finland, Ukraine and Belarus. It exists also in Asia as few another subspecies. In spite of being very rare, it isn't protected, e.g. in Poland. There are known few places where obtaining this moth by attracting to light is possible. The wingspan is 71–98 mm. Very similar to Laothoe populi, a common European moth found everywhere, but bigger and much more dark. |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Burnham Beeches |
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946 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Canalone del Tripodo |
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4757 |
Italy |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Corsydd Môn/ Anglesey Fens |
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1154 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Cwm Doethie – Mynydd Mallaen |
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10186 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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East Caithness Cliffs |
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1094 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Epping Forest |
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3966 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses |
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2346 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Glen Tanar |
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10329 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Kinloch and Kyleakin Hills |
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13015 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Loch Maree Complex |
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38882 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Monti Nebrodi |
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173651 |
Italy |
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Moor House – Upper Teesdale |
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95867 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay Pavements |
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6449 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Pembrokeshire Woodlands/ Coedydd Gogledd Sir Benfro |
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780 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Onich to North Ballachulish Woods |
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1530 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Saltfleetby–Theddlethorpe Dunes and Gibraltar Point |
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2373 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Solway Mosses |
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4849 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Stodmarsh |
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1395 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sunart |
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25320 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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West Midlands Mosses |
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455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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