Macroglossum faro

Short description: Species of moth

Macroglossum faro

Macroglossum faro faro Male dorsal
Macroglossum faro faro Male ventral
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Sphingidae
Genus:  | Macroglossum
Species:  |

M. faro

Binomial name
Macroglossum faro

(Cramer, 1779)[1]

Synonyms

* Sphinx faro Cramer, 1779

Macroglossum faro, the large hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from southern India , Thailand, south-eastern China , southern Japan (Ryukyu Archipelago), Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak) and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan).[2]

The wingspan is 74–78 mm. It is the largest known Macroglossum species. It is similar in colour and pattern to Macroglossum passalus, but the thorax upperside and sometimes the first abdominal tergites are green, with no sharply defined dark area on the mesothoracic tegula. The abdomen has yellow patches which are comparatively smaller. The hindwing underside base is obviously shaded with yellow.

## Subspecies

* Macroglossum faro faro
* Macroglossum faro cottoni Cadiou, 2000 (Sulawesi)

* Macroglossum faro cottoni male dorsal

* Macroglossum faro cottoni male venral

## References

1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20120930133947/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/faro.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Macroglossum faro faro (Cramer, 1780) -- Large hummingbird hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/m_far.htm. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

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