Biology:Macroglossum glaucoptera
| Dark hummingbird hawkmoth | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| 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 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
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20121001035015/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/glaucoptera.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20121001044757/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/geoffmartini.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003220516/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/loeffleri.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J.. "Macroglossum glaucoptera Butler, 1875 -- Dark hummingbird hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/m_gla.htm. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
- ↑ "The Hawkmoths (Sphingidae, Macroglossinae) of Papua Indonesia". The Papua Insects Foundation. http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Macroglossum/Macroglossum%20glaucoptera.htm. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/5/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q2461363 entry
 |  |
