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Macroglossum godeffroyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Macroglossum godeffroyi

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Macroglossum

Rank
  
Species

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Macroglossum godeffroyi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Fiji.

This species is distinguished from all other Sphingidae by the presence of tufts of long hairs on the mid- and hind-tibia, similar to those of the abdominal scent organ. The abdomen has very prominent dorso-lateral black spots. The forewing upperside antemedian band is very broad, touching a large disco-marginal area of the same colour, the discocellular veins within the band thus separating the grey median area into a costal and posterior patch.

References

Macroglossum godeffroyi Wikipedia