Macroglossum

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Macroglossum
Macroglossum gyrans by kadavoor.jpg
Macroglossum gyrans in Kadavoor, Kerala, India
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subtribe: Macroglossina
Genus: Macroglossum
Scopoli, 1777
Species

113 - see text

Synonyms
  • RhopalopsycheButler, 1875
  • RhamphoschismaWallengren, 1858
  • PsithyrosHübner, 1819
  • MacroglossaOchsenheimer, 1816
  • MacroglossaBoisduval, 1833
  • BombyliaHübner, 1822
  • BombyliaHübner, 1806
Macroglossum: View of the proboscis extended, which inspired the name of the animal. Literally the long tongue. Macroglossum stellatarum anatomy - MHNT.jpg
Macroglossum: View of the proboscis extended, which inspired the name of the animal. Literally the long tongue.

Macroglossum is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1777.

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