Macroglossum stellatarum, Crete - photo © Marinios Gogolos

Macroglossum stellatarum, Crete - photo © Marinios Gogolos

Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

MOTH INFO

Macroglossum stellatarum is a moth of the family Sphingidae on the island of Crete, Greece.

Scientific name

Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sphinx stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758)

Sphinx flavida (Retzius, 1783)

Macroglossa nigra (Cosmovici, 1892)

Macroglossum subnubila (Schultz, 1904)

Macroglossum fasciata (Rebel, 1910)

Macroglossum convergens (Constantini, 1916)

Macroglossum approximata (Lempke, 1959)

Macroglossum clausa (Lempke, 1959)

Macroglossum candidum (Eitschberger, 1971)

Macroglossum minor (Vilarrubia, 1974)

Common name

Hummingbird Hawk-moth

Classification

Superfamily: Bombycoidea > Family: Sphingidae > Subfamily: Macroglossinae > Tribus: Macroglossini > Genus: Macroglossum

Wingspan

43-74 mm

Habitat

Road sides, gardens, glades, parks, dry and warm rocky slopes.

Food plant

The larva is oligophagous on Rubiaceae (Galium aparine, Galium mollugo, Rubia peregrina, Rubia tinctorium) and feeds on the leaves.

Flight period
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
                       
Links

Lepidoptera Mundi

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Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic

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