Biology:Macroglossum pachycerus

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Short description: Species of moth

Macroglossum pachycerus
Macroglossum pachycerus BMNHE813428 female up.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Macroglossum
Species:
M. pachycerus
Binomial name
Macroglossum pachycerus
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]

Macroglossum pachycerus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar .[2]

It is similar to Macroglossum aesalon.

References

  1. Kitching, I.J.. "Macroglossum pachycerus". Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1591. Retrieved 2017-08-15. 
  2. Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum 26 (3): 1–173. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up. 
  • Pinhey, E. (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.

Wikidata ☰ Q1908091 entry