Macroglossum soror

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| authority = Rothschild & Jordan, 1903{{cite web|url=https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/soror.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925070533/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/soror.html|archivedate=2012-09-25|url-status=dead|title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-10-25}} {{PD-notice}}

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Macroglossum soror is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Réunion (formerly known as Île Bourbon).{{cite journal |last=Carcasson |first=R. H. |author-link=Robert Herbert Carcasson |date=1967 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up |title=Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species |journal=Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=1–173 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}

It is similar to Macroglossum milvus and Macroglossum alluaudi. There are four large, deep rust-coloured lateral patches on the abdomen that are not separated from one another. The forewing upperside has a discal spot which is rather large. The hindwing upperside is reddish orange, shaded with rust distally, without a yellow band, the base is not darker than the middle of the wing. The fringe is pale brown.

References

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  • Pinhey, E. (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.

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Category:Macroglossum

Category:Moths described in 1903

Category:Moths of Mauritius

Category:Moths of Réunion

Category:Taxa named by Walter Rothschild

Category:Taxa named by Karl Jordan

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