Antique Engraved Illustration Of The Pine Hawk-moth Metamorphosis. Vintage Illustration Of Pine Hawk-moth Metamorphosis

Antique engraved illustration of the pine hawk-moth metamorphosis. Vintage illustration of pine hawk-moth metamorphosis. Old engraved picture of the pine hawk-moth. Sphinx pinastri, the pine hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Palearctic realm and sometimes the Nearctic realm. This species has been found in Scotland but is usually found in England. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The larvae feed on Scots pine, Swiss pine, Siberian pine and Norway spruce.