| Macroglossum rectans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Macroglossum |
| Species: | M. rectans |
| Binomial name | |
| Macroglossum rectans Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1] |
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Macroglossum rectans is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea and Australia.
It is similar to Macroglossum hirundo errans, but less grey. The abdomen upperside has a small, transverse, yellow lateral mark on second segment and a large one on the third and fourth. The side tufts on segments five and six are light brownish yellow rather than white. The forewing upperside has a oblique median grey band. Both wing undersides are more reddish brown than in Macroglossum hirundo errans.