Larval host-plants of Privet hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) LC

Host-plant
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Match
Butterfly bush
Buddleja davidii
this species
Dogwood
Cornus sanguinea
this species
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Dipsacus
any Dipsacus species
Ash
Fraxinus excelsior
this species
Hop
Humulus lupulus
this species
Holly
Ilex aquifolium
this species
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Jasminum
any Jasminum species
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Ligustrum ovalifolium
this species
Wild privet
Ligustrum vulgare
this species
Honeysuckle
Lonicera periclymenum
this species
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Phillyrea
any Phillyrea species
Holm oak
Quercus ilex
this species
Rowan
Sorbus aucuparia
this species
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Spiraea
any Spiraea species
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
this species
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Syringa vulgaris
this species
Wayfaring tree
Viburnum lantana
this species
Gelder rose
Viburnum opulus
this species
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Viburnum tinus
this species

Host-plant data: Cook et al. (2025), Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology / Butterfly Conservation; and Padovani et al. (2020), Database of Insects and their Food Plants (DBIF), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (both Open Government Licence). Contains data supplied by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.