elephant hawkmoth

Entom.: Metopsilus elpenor . Upper wings olive brown, inclining to olive green, with purple tinged rose-red markings, a white margin and spot, and a elephantine red fringe. Under wings dusky at the base, and reddish-purple posteriorly, with a pure white fringe. The caterpillar feeds on the Willow-herbs (Epilobium), the vine, . Small Elephant Hawk -moth: Entom.: Metopsilus por cell us. It is one of the smallest species of the genus, being usually but twenty lines long. Fore wings ocher-yellow and purple; hinder ones black anteriorly, purple posteriorly, with yellow between; body rose-colored or purple. The caterpillar feeds chiefly on Epilobium an gust i folium .