Macroglossum hirundo
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Macroglossum |
| Species: | M. hirundo
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Macroglossum hirundo is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Society Islands, Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales),[2] Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.[3]
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults have light and dark brown forewings, with a pale bar across the middle of each. The hindwings are yellow with a broad black border.
They larvae feed on various
Canthium odoratum, Coelospermum reticulatum, Coprosma repens, Morinda jasminoides, Myrmecodia beccarii, Pavetta australiensis and Psychotria loniceroides
. The larvae are initially green with a black forward curving spine on the tail. Later, they can become pale brown or green, covered in small white dots. There is a dark dorsal line which may be fragmented into a line of dashes. A pair of pale dorso-lateral lines run from the head to the tail.
Subspecies
- Macroglossum hirundo hirundo
- Macroglossum hirundo errans Walker, 1856 (Papua New Guinea)
- Macroglossum hirundo lifuensis Rothschild, 1894 (New Caledonia)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macroglossum hirundo.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ "Australian Insects". Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ "Papua Insects Foundation". Papua-insects.nl. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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