Macroglossum ungues

Macroglossum ungues
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Macroglossum
Species:	M. ungues
Binomial name
	Macroglossum ungues; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]
Synonyms
	Macroglossum lanyuana Chen, 1994;

Macroglossum ungues is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Indonesia, from Java to Ambon, and also the Philippines[2] and Taiwan.

Adults of subspecies cheni are usually active during the day, but are also attracted to light at night. They usually fly fast along the margins or above the canopy of coastal forests. Observed nectar sources are Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Clerodendrum inerme, Nothapodytes foetida, Cerbera manghas, Peucedanum japonicum, Tetrastigma lanyuense, Ehretia philippinensis, Aglaia chittagonga, Rourea minor and Capparis lanceolatus.

Larvae of subspecies cheni have been recorded feeding on Paederia scandens var. mairei.

Subspecies

Macroglossum ungues ungues
Macroglossum ungues cheni Yen, Kitching & Tzen, 2003 (Lanyu Island in Taiwan)[3]

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Macroglossum ungues ungues Rothschild & Jordan, 1903". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Macroglossum ungues cheni Yen, Kitching & Tzen, 2003". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Macroglossum ungues ungues Rothschild & Jordan, 1903". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

[3] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Macroglossum ungues cheni Yen, Kitching & Tzen, 2003". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.