Macroglossum marquesanum

Macroglossum marquesanum is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Macroglossum marquesanum
Macroglossum marquesanum. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Macroglossum
Species:
M. marquesanum
Binomial name
Macroglossum marquesanum
Collenette, 1935[1]

Distribution

This endemic species is known from the Marquesas Islands.

Description

Macroglossum marquesanum has a wingspan of 60–65 mm (2.4–2.6 in) (in males), and a body length of about 15–16.5 mm (0.59–0.65 in). These large moths have dark brown or brown-olive head, thorax and abdomen. Forewings are brown, with three faintly defined transversal darker patches. Hindwings are yellowish.[2]

Bibliography
  • Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central và Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.
  • Pierre E. I. Viette - Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera from French Oceania
  • A. M. Adamson Foreword - Review of the Fauna of the Marquesas Islands and Discussion of its Origin
  • Christophe Avon - Sphingidae Bibliography (2016)
  • C. L. Collenette - The Arctiidae, Noctuidae and Sphingidae of the St. George Expedition from French Oceania
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References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. C.L. Collenette (1935) Arctiidae, Noctuidae and Sphingidae of the Marquesas Islands Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum – Vol. 114


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