Biology:Macroglossum alluaudi

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Macroglossum alluaudi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Macroglossum
Species:
M. alluaudi
Binomial name
Macroglossum alluaudi
de Joannis, 1893[1]

Macroglossum alluaudi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Seychelles.[2]

There are three orange-yellow lateral spots on the abdomen. The forewing upperside is without a discal spot, but there are two heavy straight discal lines. The basal half of the forewing underside (apart from discal cell) is washed with pale chrome-yellow. The hindwing upperside is chrome-yellow, slightly shaded with orange distally. The fringe is brown, sometimes with a narrow brown marginal band. The hindwing underside is mostly washed with pale chrome-yellow.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20120925070159/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/alluaudi.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  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 ☰ Q2622600 entry