Macroglossum marquesanum explained

Macroglossum marquesanum is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

This endemic species is known from the Marquesas Islands.

Description

Macroglossum marquesanum has a wingspan of (in males), and a body length of about . 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.^[1]

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

External links

• Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory

Notes and References

1. C.L. Collenette (1935) Arctiidae, Noctuidae and Sphingidae of the Marquesas Islands Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum – Vol. 114