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Macroglossum affictitia

Synonyms: Macroglossum vialis

Wikipedia Abstract

Macroglossum affictitia (dark-bordered hummingbird hawkmoth, ) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sri Lanka and southern India to Myanmar, Thailand and south-western China (Yunnan). The length of the forewings is 16–22 mm. It is similar in colour to Macroglossum gyrans. The sides of the thorax and legs are dull drab-russet. The abdomen underside is without white mesial patches and the underside of the tail is the same colour. The forewing upperside has prominent antemedian black double lines. These are located close together, the space between more or less filled with black. The median area is grey and the discal lines thin and not prominent. The hindwing upperside is blackish brown at the base, as is the broad distal border band. The median band is yellowish orange or mo
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Prey / Diet

Strychnos nux-vomica (strychnine tree)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0