Macroglossum glaucoptera

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Dark hummingbird hawkmoth
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Macroglossum
Species:
M. glaucoptera
Binomial name
Macroglossum glaucoptera
Butler, 1875 [1]
Synonyms
  • Macroglossum geoffmartiniEitschberger, 2003 [2]
  • Macroglossum loeffleriEitschberger, 2003 [3]
  • Macroglossum obscuricepsButler, 1876
  • Macroglossa lepchaButler, 1876
  • Macroglossa fuscataHuwe, 1895

Macroglossum glaucoptera, the dark hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is known from Sri Lanka, Thailand, southern China, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) and the Philippines (Mindanao). [4] Single specimen recorded from Papua New Guinea. [5]

Description

The wingspan is 52–54 mm. The upperside of the body is yellowish green with a blackish-brown fantail with no grey band between the lines. The forewing upperside is blackish brown. Hindwings are with a yellow band very narrow. Head is dark greyish, thorax and abdomen are brightly rufus. Abdomen has yellow and black lateral markings on anterior segments. The anal tuft is black with a rufus tip. In the female, the thorax and abdomen are olivaceus. Forewings not quite as dark as in the male. Hindwings have a broad band. [6]

Adults are attracted to the flowers of Duranta erecta . Caterpillars are found on Memecylon scutellatum .

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  3. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  4. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. "Macroglossum glaucoptera Butler, 1875 -- Dark hummingbird hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Hawkmoths (Sphingidae, Macroglossinae) of Papua Indonesia". The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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