Macroglossum alcedo | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Macroglossum |
Species: | M. alcedo
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Binomial name | |
Macroglossum alcedo | |
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Macroglossum alcedo is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tanimbar, the Kai Islands, Aru, Papua New Guinea and Queensland. [2]
Adults have brown patterned forewings and smaller yellow hindwings with a wide dark brown margin. [3]