Macroglossum affictitia

Dark-bordered hummingbird hawkmoth
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Macroglossum
Species: M. affictitia
Binomial name
Macroglossum affictitia
Butler, 1875[1]
Synonyms
  • Macroglossa vialis Butler, 1875

Macroglossum affictitia, the dark-bordered hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sri Lanka and southern India to Myanmar, Thailand and south-western China (Yunnan).[2] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.

The length of the forewings is 16–22 mm. It is similar in colour to Macroglossum gyrans. The sides of the thorax and legs are dull drab russet. The abdomen underside is without white mesial patches and the underside of the tail is the same colour. The forewing upperside has prominent antemedian black double lines. These are located close together, the space between more or less filled with black. The median area is grey and the discal lines thin and not prominent. The hindwing upperside is blackish brown at the base, as is the broad distal border band. The median band is yellowish orange or more tawny.[3]

The larvae feed on Strychnos species.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths. I. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 29 September 2017.


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