Smerinthus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Khalaim, Ye. V., 2022, Catalogue Of The Heteroceran Moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Metaheterocera) Of Odesa Region Of Ukraine. Part 1. Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Brahmaeidae, Lasiocampidae, Thyrididae & Drepanidae, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 7

Smerinthus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Shugurov, 1905; Ermolenko, 1999; Duz’, 2007.

Material. Savran’ forest , 18.07.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Kotovci, 18– 19.07.2011, 1 spec. (Leshchenko); Borshchi, 28.05.2011, 2 spec. (Khalaim); Mayaky, 23.06.2009, 2 spec., 09– 10.07.2009, 4 spec. (Khalaim); Troits’ke, 11.06.2012, 1 spec. (Novitskiy); Yas’ky, 16.08.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Mushinskiy); Karolino-Buhaz, without date, 2 spec. (Kolomeychuk); Pivdenne, 08.05.2016, 1 spec., (Khalaim); Vylkove, 19.08.2013, 2 spec., 17– 22.04.2014, 1 spec., 03– 15.08.2014, 9 spec., 04– 13.08.2015, 5 spec., 08.08.2016, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Zhebriansky ridge, 11.07.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy), 23.05.2021, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Sergienko) .

Widespread and common throughout the Region, and in the Dniester and Danube deltas is quite numerous ( Fig. 32). Two generations develop in a year. Moths fly from mid-April to mid or late August.