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Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, [1823])

Самец (Macroglossum trochilus)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Macroglossinae → tribe Macroglossini → subtribe Macroglossina → genus Macroglossum → species Macroglossum trochilus

Species name(s)

Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, [1823]) = Psithyros trochilus Hübner, [1823] = fasciatum Wallengren, 1858 = lysithous Boisduval, [1875]. [9, 85]

African Humming Bird.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Ethiopic.

Самец (Macroglossum trochilus)

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Psithyros trochilus Hübner, [1823]. [9].
  • Psithyros fasciatum Wallengren, 1858. [9].
  • Psithyros lysithous Boisduval, [1875] = trochilus f. trochioides Butler, 1875. [9].

Distribution

  • Continental Africa and Madagascar. [9].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Just a tiny African relative of our "hummingbird hawk-moth" (Macroglossum stellatarum). . [PC93].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Larvae develop on plants of the genus Rubia and bedstraw (Galium). [9].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

Comments

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26.01.2014 15:00, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Zoogeographical regions: No formalized data → Ethiopic.

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