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.