Acherontia atropos (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 : 8-9

Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)

Shugurov, 1905; Romaniszyn, 1920; Obraztsov, 1928 –1929; Ermolenko, 1999; Arkhipov, 2003; Klyuchko, Severov, 2006; Kavurka et al., 2018; Pylypiuk, 2022; Bevz, 2022; Anonymous, 2022 h.

Material. Podilsk, without date, e.l., 1 spec. (Skupyi); Bilyaivka, ??.11.2011, 1 spec. (Savko); Korsuntsi, 12.09.2020, 5 larvae on Lycium barbatum (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Yepishin, Sergienko) ; Fontanka, 14.10.2020, more than 20 larvae on Lycium barbatum (Khalaim) ; Lativka, 27.10.2021, 1 larva (Semenova); Roxolany, 13.09.2020, 1 larva on Ligustrum vulgare (Novitskiy, Yepishin, Sergienko) ; 30.08.2021, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Sergienko), Karolino-Buhaz, without date, 1 spec. (Kolomeychuk); Lebedivka forest , 06.10.2013, 1 larva on Ligustrum vulgare (Khalaim) ; Tuzly Amazonia, 08.09.2021, 1 spec. (Brusentsova, Plachkov); Vylkove, 17– 19.08.2013, 1 spec. (Khalaim) .

Migrating moth species are noted almost everywhere in Odesa Region, but mostly in the south ( Fig. 39). Adults occur from late spring to late autumn with two waves of migrations (the first one is smaller). Caterpillars are common almost every year in August–October in thickets

of Wolfberry ( Lycium barbatum ) and European privet ( Ligustrum vulgare ) on coastal slopes and along the banks of estuaries and lagoons. The possibility of individual pupae successfully overwintering in warm winters is not ruled out.