Biology:Macroglossum glaucoptera

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Short description: Species of moth

Dark hummingbird hawkmoth
Macroglossum glaucoptera BMNHE813512 female up.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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 geoffmartini Eitschberger, 2003[2]
  • Macroglossum loeffleri Eitschberger, 2003[3]
  • Macroglossum obscuriceps Butler, 1876
  • Macroglossa lepcha Butler, 1876
  • Macroglossa fuscata Huwe, 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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2461363 entry