Macroglossum sitiene
| Macroglossum sitiene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Macroglossum |
| Species: | M. sitiene |
| Binomial name | |
| Macroglossum sitiene Walker, 1856[1] | |
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Macroglossum sitiene is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka, eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, southern Japan (the Ryukyu Archipelago), Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular) and Indonesia (Sumatra).[2]
The wingspan is 46–56 mm. Adults are attracted to Duranta erecta and Lantana camara blossoms. They prefer flowers low down on bushes, flying very close to the ground when approaching.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Paederia scandens in Hong Kong, Morinda umbellata and Paederia tomentosa farther north in China and mainly Morinda citridora in Thailand.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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