Convolvulus hawk-moth, Agrius convolvuli, caterpillar on foodplant Convolvulus
Caterpillar of the Convolvulus hawk-moth, Agrius convolvuli, on the foodplant Convolvulus. It is a large caterpillar up to 12 cm long and belongs to the biggest in Europe. It is common throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, partly as a migrant. (In New Zealand, it is also known in the MÄori language as hÄ«hue.)]The wingspan of the butterfly is 80–105 mm. Its caterpillars eat the leaves of the Convolvulus, hence its Latin name "convolvuli". Other recorded food plants include a wide range of plants in the families Araceae, Convolvulaceae, Leguminosae and Malvaceae. It can be a pest of cultivated Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato or kÅ«mara) in New Zealand and the Pacific.
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Keywords: agrius, butterfly, caterpillar, caterpillars, convolvuli, convolvulus, hawk, hawkmoth, hawks, nachtfalter, raupe, raupen, schmetterling, schmetterlinge, schwärmer, windenschwärmer
