Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Macroglossum corythus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Macroglossum Rank Species | |
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Similar Macroglossum sitiene, Macroglossum heliophila, Macroglossum belis, Macroglossum gyrans, Macroglossum hirundo | ||
Macroglossum corythus is a species of Hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found throughout the Indo-Australian tropics east to New Caledonia.
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Description
The wingspan is 50–66 mm. The coloration is varying slightly in subspecies and climate of the country. Head, thorax and abdomen is rufus in color. Abdomen is without the lateral black marks on distal segments. The anal tufts are ruddy at tips. Fore wings with all lines are obsolescent, where the postmedial lines less bent. The marings being reddish and ill-defined. Hind wings with the band are pure yellow in color and band is narrow.
Larva is dark violet brown in color, with dorsal specks. There is a subdorsal yellow line on 2nd and 4th somites and 10th, 11th somites. Horn is long and tuberculate. In a later stage, there are yellow and olive-brown transverse dorsal lines and yellow lateral spots. Larvae have been recorded from Loganiaceae and Rubiaceae species. Pupa is bone colored with a black dorsal stripe on frons and on thorax.
Subspecies
Macroglossum corythus luteata and Macroglossum corythus oceanicum are treated as species (Macroglossum luteata and Macroglossum oceanicum) by some authors.