Moths

The names of moths: Convolvulus Hawk Moth and Sallow Kitten…Muslin Moth and Ghost Swift…the Sebaceous Hebrew Character Moth, the Vapourer Moth, the Gothic, the Brighton Wainscot….

These creatures seem to appear out of the edge of ones sight, shadowy, delicate, often evening-flying. But I saw hawk moths flying in broad daylight in Liddesdale, above a patch of ground looking down into the Liddel Burn and then up to the hill, an open patch in the wooded walk which had wild orchids and blue butterflies. Hill farming country, no chemicals, a hundred species of flowers in a mile long stretch of roadside.

I have looked through my Readers Digest Guide to Butterflies and Other Insects of Britain, but cannot trace this delicate creature. Can anyone tell me its name?