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Taxonomy of Genus Macroglossum Scopoli, 1777


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
14
1019
18314
Families
Genera
Species
FamilySphingidae
Latreille, 1802
Hawk Moths, Hawk-Moth, Hawk-moths, Hawkmoths, Hornworms
449
7314
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMacroglossinae
Harris, 1939
Hawk Moths
123
3590
Genera
Species
TribeMacroglossini
Harris, 1839
70
2749
Genera
Species
SubtribeMacroglossina
Harris, 1839
49
1324
Genera
Species
GenusMacroglossum
Scopoli, 1777
362Species
Subnodes of Macroglossum Scopoli, 1777
SpeciesMacroglossum adustum Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
SpeciesMacroglossum aesalon Mabille, 1879
2Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum affictitia Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum albibase Rothschild, 1905  ⇒ Macroglossum micacea
SpeciesMacroglossum albifascia Mell, 1922
SpeciesMacroglossum albigutta Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
2Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum albolineata Clark, 1935
SpeciesMacroglossum alcedo Boisduval, 1832
SpeciesMacroglossum alenuska
SpeciesMacroglossum alluardi Kirby, 1894
SpeciesMacroglossum alluaudi de Joannis, 1893
SpeciesMacroglossum alterhirundo d´Abrera, 1987
SpeciesMacroglossum amoenum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum angustifascia Bryk, 1944
SpeciesMacroglossum approximans Lucas, 1891  ⇒ Macroglossum corythus
SpeciesMacroglossum approximata Misk. Misk., 1891
SpeciesMacroglossum aquila Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum arcuatum Moore, 1857
SpeciesMacroglossum arimasi Hogenes & Treadaway, 1993
SpeciesMacroglossum assimilis Swainson, 1821
SpeciesMacroglossum augarra Rothschild, 1904
SpeciesMacroglossum avicula Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum backi Eitschberger, 2009
SpeciesMacroglossum belia Hampson, 1892
SpeciesMacroglossum belinda Pagenstecher, 1900  ⇒ Macroglossum hirundo
SpeciesMacroglossum belis Linnaeus, 1758
Common hummingbird hawkmoth
SpeciesMacroglossum bengalensis Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum bifasciata Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum bisfasciata Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum bombus Walker, 1856
SpeciesMacroglossum bombylans Boisduval, 1875
Humble bee hawkmoth
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum buini Clark, 1926
SpeciesMacroglossum burmanica Rothschild, 1894
SpeciesMacroglossum buruensis Holland, 1900
SpeciesMacroglossum cadioui Schnitzler & Speidel, 2004
SpeciesMacroglossum caldum Jordan, 1926
2Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum calescens Butler, 1882
SpeciesMacroglossum candidum Eitschberger, 1971
SpeciesMacroglossum castaneum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum catapyrrha Huwe, 1895
SpeciesMacroglossum celebicum Melichar, ŘezáÄ� & IlÄ�íková, 2016
SpeciesMacroglossum cinerascens Butler, 1884  ⇒ Macroglossum hirundo
SpeciesMacroglossum claudepierreae Haxaire & Melichar, 2013
SpeciesMacroglossum clausa Lempke, 1959
SpeciesMacroglossum clemensi Cadiou, 1998
SpeciesMacroglossum confluens Rothschild & Jordan, 1906  ⇒ Macroglossum hirundo
SpeciesMacroglossum convergens Costantini, 1916
SpeciesMacroglossum corythus Walker, 1856
22Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum cyniris Boisduval, 1875  ⇒ Macroglossum corythus
SpeciesMacroglossum divergens Walker, 1856
7Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum doddi Clark, 1922  ⇒ Macroglossum dohertyi
SpeciesMacroglossum dohertyi Rothschild, 1894
3Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum eggeri Eitschberger, 2003
SpeciesMacroglossum eichhorni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum errans Walker, 1856  ⇒ Macroglossum hirundo
SpeciesMacroglossum ethus Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum faro Cramer, 1779
3Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum fasciata Rebel, 1910
SpeciesMacroglossum fasciatum Cramer, 1777  ⇒ Aellopos gehleni
SpeciesMacroglossum ferrea Mell, 1922
SpeciesMacroglossum fervens Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum fischeri Eitschberger, 2009
SpeciesMacroglossum flavida Retzius, 1783
SpeciesMacroglossum floridense Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum fringilla Boisduval, 1875  ⇒ Macroglossum heliophila
SpeciesMacroglossum fritzei Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum fruhstorferi Huwe, 1895
2Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum fukienensis Chu & Wang, 1980  ⇒ Macroglossum adustum
Hummingbird Hawk Moth, Maile Pilau Hornworm
SpeciesMacroglossum fulvicaudata Butler, 1882
SpeciesMacroglossum fuscata Huwe, 1895
SpeciesMacroglossum fuscicauda Walker, 1856  ⇒ Macroglossum particolor
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum geoffmartini Eitschberger, 2002  ⇒ Macroglossum godeffroyi
SpeciesMacroglossum gilia Walker, 1856
SpeciesMacroglossum glaucoplaga Hampson, 1900
SpeciesMacroglossum glaucoptera Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum godeffroyi Butler, 1882
SpeciesMacroglossum gyrans Walker, 1856
Striated hummingbird hawkmoth
SpeciesMacroglossum haslami Clark, 1922
3Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum haxairei Eitschberger, 2003
SpeciesMacroglossum heliophila Boisduval, 1875
3Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum heliophilum Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum hemichroma Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum hirundo Boisduval, 1832  ⇒ Leucostrophus alterhirundo
Hummingbird Hawkmoth
11Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum hogani Eitschberger, 2011
SpeciesMacroglossum hunanensis Chu & Wang, 1980  ⇒ Macroglossum fruhstorferi
SpeciesMacroglossum imperator Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum inconspicua Rothschild, 1894
SpeciesMacroglossum incredibile Eitschberger, 2006
SpeciesMacroglossum insipida Butler, 1875
Hermit hummingbird hawkmoth
3Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum integrifasciatum Hogenes & Treadaway, 1996
SpeciesMacroglossum interrupta Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum inusitata Swinhoe, 1892
SpeciesMacroglossum inwasakii Matsumura, 1921
SpeciesMacroglossum iwasakii Matsumura, 1921
SpeciesMacroglossum jani Hogenes & Treadaway, 1998
SpeciesMacroglossum joannisi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum johani Brechlin, 1998  ⇒ Macroglossum haxairei
SpeciesMacroglossum kadneri Eitschberger, 2004
SpeciesMacroglossum kanita Swinhoe, 1892  ⇒ Macroglossum heliophila
SpeciesMacroglossum kishidai Cadiou, 1998
SpeciesMacroglossum kitchingi Cadiou, 1997
SpeciesMacroglossum kiushiuensis Rothschild, 1894
SpeciesMacroglossum kleineri Eitschberger, 2006
SpeciesMacroglossum kueppersi Eitschberger, 2011
SpeciesMacroglossum labrosa Lucas, 1891
SpeciesMacroglossum latifascia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum lepcha Butler, 1877
SpeciesMacroglossum lepidum Rothschild & Jordan, 1915
SpeciesMacroglossum leytensis Eitschberger, 2006
SpeciesMacroglossum lifuensis Rothschild, 1894
SpeciesMacroglossum limata Swinhoe, 1892
SpeciesMacroglossum limatoides
SpeciesMacroglossum lineata Lucas, 1891
SpeciesMacroglossum lineatum Lucas, 1891
SpeciesMacroglossum loeffleri Eitschberger, 2002  ⇒ Macroglossum godeffroyi
SpeciesMacroglossum loochooana Rothschild, 1894  ⇒ Macroglossum heliophila
SpeciesMacroglossum luteata Butler, 1875
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum lysithous Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum malitum Zwick & Treadaway, 2001
SpeciesMacroglossum marquesanum Collenette, 1935
SpeciesMacroglossum mediovitta Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum meeki Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum melanoleuca Cadiou & Schnitzler, 2001
SpeciesMacroglossum melanura Jordan, 1926  ⇒ Macroglossum dohertyi
SpeciesMacroglossum melas Rothschild & Jordan, 1903  ⇒ Macroglossum heliophila
3Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum micacea Walker, 1856
2Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum michellii imperator Butler, 1875
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum milvum Boisduval, 1833
SpeciesMacroglossum milvus Boisduval, 1833
SpeciesMacroglossum minor Vilarrúbia, 1974
SpeciesMacroglossum mitchelli Ménétriés, 1857
2Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum mitchellii Boisduval, 1875
3Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum modestum Seitz, 1929
SpeciesMacroglossum moecki Rutimeyer, 1969
SpeciesMacroglossum moluccensis Rothschild, 1894
SpeciesMacroglossum monotona Bryk, 1944
SpeciesMacroglossum moriolum Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
SpeciesMacroglossum motacilla Boisduval, 1875  ⇒ Macroglossum corythus
SpeciesMacroglossum mouldsi Lachlan & Kitching, 2001
SpeciesMacroglossum multifascia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum napolovi Eitschberger, 2004
SpeciesMacroglossum navigatorum Boisduval, 1832  ⇒ Macroglossum hirundo
SpeciesMacroglossum nemesis Cadiou, 1998
SpeciesMacroglossum neotroglodytus Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
SpeciesMacroglossum nerii Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesMacroglossum nigellum Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
4Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum nigra Cosmovici, 1892
SpeciesMacroglossum nigrifasciata Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum novebudensis Walker, 1856  ⇒ Macroglossum particolor
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum novirlandum d'Abrera, 0
SpeciesMacroglossum nox Butler, 1875  ⇒ Macroglossum micacea
SpeciesMacroglossum nubilum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum nycteris Kollar, 1844
SpeciesMacroglossum obscura Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum obscuripennis Butler, 1877
SpeciesMacroglossum obscuripes Butler, 1876
SpeciesMacroglossum oceanicum Rothschild & Jordan, 1915  ⇒ Macroglossum particolor
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum opis Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum orientalis Butler, 1877
SpeciesMacroglossum pachycerus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum palauensis Boisduval, 1875  ⇒ Macroglossum sylvia
SpeciesMacroglossum palawana Eitschberger & Treadaway, 2004
SpeciesMacroglossum pandora Fabricius, 1793
SpeciesMacroglossum papuanum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903  ⇒ Macroglossum insipida
SpeciesMacroglossum particola Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum particolor Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum passalus Drury, 1773
2Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum paukstadtorum Eitschberger, 2005
SpeciesMacroglossum perplexum Eitschberger, 2003
SpeciesMacroglossum philippinense Clark, 1928
SpeciesMacroglossum phlegeton Boisduval, 1875  ⇒ Macroglossum corythus
SpeciesMacroglossum phocinum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum piepersi Dupont, 1935
SpeciesMacroglossum platyxanthum Walker, 1856  ⇒ Macroglossum particolor
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum poecilum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum prometheus Boisduval, 1875
5Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum proxima Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum pseudocorythus Eitschberger, 2003
SpeciesMacroglossum pseudogyrans Rothschild, 1894  ⇒ Macroglossum vacillans
SpeciesMacroglossum pseudoluteata Eitschberger, 2003
SpeciesMacroglossum pseudomediovitta Melichar, ŘezáÄ� & IlÄ�íková, 2016
SpeciesMacroglossum pseudonigellum Eitschberger, 2006
SpeciesMacroglossum pseudungues Holloway, 1987
SpeciesMacroglossum pullius Jordan, 1930
SpeciesMacroglossum pylene Felder, 1861  ⇒ Macroglossum corythus
SpeciesMacroglossum pyrrhosticta Butler, 1875
Burnt-spot hummingbird hawkmoth, Hummingbird Hawk Moth
SpeciesMacroglossum pyrrhostictum Butler, 1875  ⇒ Macroglossum adustum
Hummingbird Hawk Moth, Maile Pilau Hornworm
SpeciesMacroglossum pyrrhula Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum pyrrosticta
SpeciesMacroglossum quasivariegatum
SpeciesMacroglossum queenslandi Clark, 1927  ⇒ Macroglossum heliophila
SpeciesMacroglossum rectans Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum rectifascia Felder, 1874
SpeciesMacroglossum reducta Eitschberger, 2003
SpeciesMacroglossum regulus Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum reithi Cadiou, 1997
SpeciesMacroglossum rhebus Moore, 0
SpeciesMacroglossum ronja Eitschberger, 2009
SpeciesMacroglossum saga Butler, 1878
Grey-tipped hummingbird hawkmoth
SpeciesMacroglossum sainsoni Turlin, 1996
SpeciesMacroglossum samoanum Rothschild & Jordan, 1906  ⇒ Macroglossum hirundo
SpeciesMacroglossum schnitzleri Cadiou, 1998
SpeciesMacroglossum scottiarum Felder, 1874  ⇒ Macroglossum hirundo
SpeciesMacroglossum semifasciata Hampson, 1893
3Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum similis Rothschild, 1894
SpeciesMacroglossum sinensis Mell, 1922
SpeciesMacroglossum sinica Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum sitiene Walker, 1856
SpeciesMacroglossum sitiens Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum soror Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum spilonotum Rothschild & Jordon, 1912
SpeciesMacroglossum splendens Butler, 1892  ⇒ Macroglossum tenebrosa
SpeciesMacroglossum stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758
Humming-bird hawk moth, Humming-bird Hawk-moth
7Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum stenoxanthum Turner, 1925  ⇒ Macroglossum corythus
SpeciesMacroglossum stevensi Clark, 1935
SpeciesMacroglossum stigma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum sturnus Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum subnubila Schultz., 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum sulai Eitschberger, 2003
SpeciesMacroglossum sulawesica
SpeciesMacroglossum svetlana Eitschberger & H. Fischer, 2009
SpeciesMacroglossum sylvia Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum tangalleum Eitschberger & Schnitzler, 2006
SpeciesMacroglossum taxicolor Swainson, 1821  ⇒ Macroglossum augarra
SpeciesMacroglossum tenebrosa Lucas, 1891
Brushtail hawk moth
SpeciesMacroglossum tenimberi Clark, 1920
SpeciesMacroglossum tinnunculus Boisduval, 1875  ⇒ Macroglossum hirundo
SpeciesMacroglossum tonganum Gehlen, 1930  ⇒ Macroglossum hirundo
SpeciesMacroglossum trigi Eitschberger, 2004
SpeciesMacroglossum tristis Schaufuss, 1870
SpeciesMacroglossum trocailus Mitchell, 1973
SpeciesMacroglossum trochilius
SpeciesMacroglossum trochiloides Butler, 1896
SpeciesMacroglossum trochilus Jacob Hubner, 1823  ⇒ Cephonodes trochilus
African Humming Bird, African Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum troglodytus Boisduval, 1875
3Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum ungues Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
2Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum vacillans Walker, 1865
SpeciesMacroglossum vadenberghi Hogenes, 1984
SpeciesMacroglossum vandenberghi Hogenes, 1984
SpeciesMacroglossum variegatum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Variegated hummingbird hawkmoth
SpeciesMacroglossum vialis Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum vicinum Jordan, 1923
2Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum vidua Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
SpeciesMacroglossum vitiense Rothschild & Jordan, 1903  ⇒ Macroglossum hirundo
SpeciesMacroglossum volucris Pagenstecher, 1884
SpeciesMacroglossum wackenheimi Haxaire & Melichar, 2013
SpeciesMacroglossum walkeri Butler, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum westermannii Boisduval, 1875
SpeciesMacroglossum wolframmeyi Eitschberger & Treadaway, 2004
SpeciesMacroglossum xanthurus Walker, 1856  ⇒ Macroglossum particolor
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacroglossum zena Boisduval, 1875

Synonyms
Bombylia (Hubner, 1822)
Macroglossa (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
Macroglossus (Neave, 1940)
Macroglossus; (Neave, 1940)
Psithyros (Hubner, 1819)
Ramphoschisma (Wallengren, 1863)
Ramphoschisma; (Wallengren, 1863)
Rhamphoschisma (Wallengren, 1858)
Rhopalopsyche (Butler, 1875)


Distribution of Macroglossum Scopoli, 1777
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Distribution on islands
Hebrides, Orkney Islands, Outer Hebrides, Savage Islands, Shetland Islands


Found in fossile formations
Florissant Fossil Beds, Green River Formation, Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Rott Formation


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