Clarina kotschyi

Grapevine hawkmoth
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Clarina
Species:	C. kotschyi
Binomial name
	Clarina kotschyi; (Kollar, 1849)
Synonyms
	Deilephila kotschyiKollar, 1849; Metopsilus mardinaStaudinger, 1901;

Last updated July 29, 2025

Clarina kotschyi, the grapevine hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1849. It is found from the Iranian plateau and Mesopotamia to eastern and central Turkey.^[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Vitis vinifera , Parthenocissus and Ampelopsis species.

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
↑ Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Clarina Tutt, 1903". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

[2] Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Clarina Tutt, 1903". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

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