Sphinginі

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

Tribe Sphinginі

Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1758

Shugurov, 1905; Shugurov, 1907; Romaniszyn, 1920; Obraztsov,

1928–1929; Ermolenko, 1999; Rodionova, 2022.

Material. Kotovci, 05– 06.08.2008, 1 spec., 18– 19.07.2011, 3 spec. (Leshchenko); Savran’ forest , 18.07.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Podilsk, 17– 22.07.2004, 2 spec., (Khalaim); Frasino, 22.07.2009, 1 spec. (Khalaim); 18– 19.07.2014, 3 spec., 26– 27.07.2014, 1 spec. (Leshchenko), 08– 09.07.2016, 1 spec. (Leshchenko, Kravchenko), 05– 06.07.2020, 2 spec. (Leshchenko, Gera); Murovana, 28.07.2019, 2 spec. (Khalaim); 08.08.2020, 2 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Borshchi, 30.07.2011, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Radialka, 23.06.2019, 2 spec., 11.06.2020, 1 spec. (Lapin); Zavodivka, 18.06.2020, 2 spec. (Leshchenko, Gera); Trudomyrivka, 21.08.2021, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Severynivka, 08.06.2015, 1 spec. (Bidzilya, Kostjuk, Sergienko), 05.06.2016, 2 spec. (Sergienko, Bidzilya), 25.07.2016, rare (Kostjuk, Sergienko), 11.05.2018, common (Zhakov, Mushinskiy, Novitskiy, Sergienko), 23.08.2018, 1 spec. (Novitskiy, Sergienko, Trotsenko), 12.05.2019, common (Mushinskiy, Sergienko), 02.08.2019, 1 spec. (Novitskiy), 24.04.2020, 1 spec. (Leshchenko, Gera); Adamivka, 03.09.2018, 2 spec. (Novitskiy, Sergienko); Rus’ka Slobidka, 24.07.2016, rare (Kostjuk, Sergienko), 18.04.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy), 08.06.2020, rare (Yepishin, Mushinskiy, Novitskiy, Sergienko, Khalaim), 25.07.2021, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Kairy, 16.05.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Lapin), 23.05.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy), 07.06.2020, common (Yepishin, Mushinskiy, Novitskiy, Sergienko), Kubanka, 25.07.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Hradenytsi, 15.07.2011, 1 spec. (Novitskiy); Mayaky, 20.07.2018, 1 spec. (Andrianov); Yas’ky, 16.08.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Mushinskiy); Roxolany, 17.06.2020, rare, 23.06.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy), 15.08.2020, rare (Bidzilya, Kostjuk, Sergienko); Karolino-Buhaz, without date, 2 spec. (Kolomeychuk); Vesela Dolyna, 14.08.2021, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Kavurka); Vylkove, 11.05.2014, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Zhebriansky ridge, 11.07.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy) .

Widespread and more or less common throughout

the Region ( Fig. 36). Flight recorded from late April to

early September in two generations.