MACROGLOSSUM AQUILA Boisduval, [1875]

Female Macroglossum aquila. Photo: © BMNH Male Macroglossum aquila. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Macroglossa aquila Boisduval, [1875], in: Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: 340. Type locality: [Bangladesh,] Silhet [Sylhet]; Cochinchina [Vietnam].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 49--54mm.


Mudpuddling adult Macroglossum aquila, Bintulu Div., Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming Mudpuddling adult Macroglossum aquila, Bintulu Div., Sarawak, Malaysia. Photo: © Leong Tzi Ming

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Guangdong; Guangxi (Guilin; Longsheng); Hainan (Wanning).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Northeastern India, Bangladesh, Thailand, southern China, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan), Philippines (Luzon).


Global distribution of Macroglossum aquila. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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