Macroglossum affictitia
| Dark-bordered hummingbird hawkmoth | |
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| Macroglossum affictitia Dorsal | |
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| Macroglossum affictitia Ventral | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Macroglossum |
| Species: | M. affictitia |
| Binomial name | |
| Macroglossum affictitia Butler, 1875[1] | |
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Macroglossum affictitia (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]
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
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.