MACROGLOSSUM VARIEGATUM Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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

TAXONOMY

Macroglossum variegatum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 621 (key), 625 (key), 653. Type locality: [India:] Assam [Meghalaya], Cherrapunji.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 50--54mm.


ADULT BIOLOGY

Attracted to the flowers of Duranta erecta.


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 1.iv (Hong Kong); 21.vi-vii (Hong Kong); 9-22.ix (Hong Kong); 1-8.xi (Hong Kong).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Green, slightly oval, shiny and smooth.

LARVA: Full-fed 50mm.

PUPA: 30mm.

Larval hostplants. Hedyotis (Rubiaceae).


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Fujian; Guangdong; Hong Kong (North Point); Hainan.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

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


Global distribution of Macroglossum variegatum. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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