Macroglossum hirundo

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| image = Macroglossum hirundo errans MHNT CUT 2010 0 373 Townsville, Queensland, Australia, male dorsal.jpg

| image_caption = Macroglossum hirundo male dorsal

| taxon = Macroglossum hirundo

| image2 = Macroglossum hirundo errans MHNT CUT 2010 0 373 Townsville, Queensland, Australia, male, ventral.jpg

| image2_caption = Macroglossum hirundo male ventral

| authority = Boisduval, 1832{{cite web|url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/hirundo.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002080641/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/hirundo.html|archivedate=2012-10-02|url-status=dead|title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-10-25}}

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  • Leucostrophus hirundo
  • Macroglossa cinerascens Butler, 1884
  • Macroglossa belinda Pagenstecher, 1900
  • Macroglossum tinnunculus Boisduval, 1875
  • Macroglossum navigatorum Rebel, 1915
  • Rhamphoschisma scottiarum R. Felder, 1874
  • Macroglossum hirundo vitiense Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Macroglossum hirundo tonganum Gehlen, 1930
  • Macroglossum hirundo samoanum Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
  • Macroglossum hirundo interrupta Closs, 1911

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Macroglossum hirundo is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Society Islands, Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales),{{cite web|url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/hirundo.html |title=Australian Insects |publisher=Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au |date=2011-09-12 |accessdate=2011-10-25}} Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.{{cite web|url=http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Macroglossum/Macroglossum%20hirundo.htm |title=Papua Insects Foundation |publisher=Papua-insects.nl |date= |accessdate=2011-10-25}}

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

They larvae feed on various Rubiaceae species, including Canthium odoratum, Coelospermum reticulatum, Coprosma repens, Morinda jasminoides, Myrmecodia beccarii, Pavetta australiensis and Psychotria loniceroides.

Subspecies

  • Macroglossum hirundo hirundo
  • Macroglossum hirundo errans Walker, 1856 (Papua New Guinea)
  • Macroglossum hirundo lifuensis Rothschild, 1894 (New Caledonia)

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Category:Macroglossum

Category:Moths described in 1832

Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval

Category:Moths of Oceania

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