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Macroglossum pyrrhosticta, the maile pilau hornworm or burnt-spot hummingbird hawkmoth, is a hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
Distribution
It is found in Sri Lanka, eastern India, Nepal, Thailand, central and eastern China, South Korea, North Korea, Japan, the southern Russian Far East, Taiwan, the Philippines (Luzon), eastern Malaysia and Indonesia. It is also an introduced species in Hawaii.
Description
The wingspan is 42–56 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in Hawaii and from late June to late October in Korea.
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Pollen gathering activity in Japan
Biology
Larvae have been recorded on Paederia scandens, Psychotria rubra, Paederia foetida and Paederia tomentosa.
References
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
External links
- "Macroglossum pyrrhosticta Butler, 1875". Sphingidae of Hawaii. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Macroglossum pyrrhosticta Butler, 1875 -- Burnt-spot hummingbird hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
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