Macroglossum glaucoptera

Dark hummingbird hawkmoth
Scientific classification
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 (dark hummingbird hawkmoth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. 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 body upperside is yellowish-green with a blackish-brown fantail with no grey band between the lines. The forewing upperside is blackish-brown. Hind wings are with yellow band very narrow. Head is dark greyish, thorax and abdomen is brightly rufus. Abdomen has yellow and black lateral markings on anterior segments. The anal tuft is black with rufus tip. In female, thorax and abdomen olivaceus. Fore wings not quiet dark as in male. Hind wings have a broad band.[6]

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

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 AR; Kitching I (2011-05-30). "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  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 Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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