Macroglossum vicinum

Jordan's hummingbird hawkmoth
	Male museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Macroglossum
Species:	M. vicinum
Binomial name
	Macroglossum vicinum; Jordan, 1923[1]

Macroglossum vicinum, or Jordan's hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from southern India, southern China and Thailand.[2]

The wingspan is 40–48 mm. It is a forest species which is on wing during the rainy season.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Chassalia curviflora.

Subspecies

Macroglossum vicinum vicinum
Macroglossum vicinum piepersi Dupont, 1941 (Thailand)

gollark: I will breed the prize with my 29G messy aeon.

gollark: Can get golds, can't get random eggs from coast.

gollark: I fully expect people to put up ridiculous trades for low-time CB coast dragons on the 29th.

gollark: _has 0 out of 3_

gollark: What's its name?

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Macroglossum vicinum vicinum Jordan, 1923 -- Jordan's hummingbird hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Macroglossum vicinum vicinum Jordan, 1923 -- Jordan's hummingbird hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved December 16, 2018.