Macroglossum saga

Macroglossum saga, the grey-tipped hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Macroglossum saga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Macroglossum
Species:
M. saga
Binomial name
Macroglossum saga
Butler, 1878[1]
Synonyms
  • Macroglossa glaucoplaga Hampson, 1900
  • Macroglossa kiushiuensis Rothschild, 1894

Distribution

It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, southern China, northern Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and northern and western Thailand. The single record from the Russian Far East is of a vagrant.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 54–66 mm. The head and thorax upperside have a darker mesial streak. The abdomen upperside has two yellow lateral patches, with a further vestigial patch on the second segment and a double series of dark dorsal spots. The thorax underside is greyish wood-brown and the abdomen underside is uniform in colour. The forewing upperside has well contrasted pale and dark areas. Both wing undersides are dark russet, somewhat shaded with grey on the hindwing.

  • Male dorsal
  • Male ventral

Biology

Larvae have been recorded on Daphniphyllum macropodum in Korea.

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Macroglossum saga Butler, 1878 -- Grey-tipped hummingbird hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.


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