How to identify it?
Larva
Larva thickset. Head capsule red, body black, with 3 pairs of red thoracic legs and 5 pairs of red prolegs. Rear end of body with a red caudal horn. Body surface with many white spots. Pleural body with a row of white spiracula, below the spiracula is a yellow longitudinal stripe.
license: CC-BY-SA-3.0 author : Daniel Schwen Adult
Adult body fusiform, densely pubescent, hairs at wing base white. A pair of thick white antennae on the head. 2 pairs of scaly wings, forewing dark brown, with dark brown stripes. Hind wing pink, wing base and posterior edge black striped.
Ventral
A pair of big compound eyes and 3 pairs of legs visible on the venter. Venter overall pink.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods Class
Bugs Order
Moths and butterflies Family
Hawk moths Genus
Hyles Species
Spurge hawk-moth 
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