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Family: Sphingidae   Checklist Number: 69.005

Acherontia atropos  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Death's-head Hawk-moth

Rare. Only two records, the last in 1960.

References: 
Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. (2024). The Larger Moths of Scotland.
Waring, P. & Townsend, M. (2018 third edition). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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