Species Macroglossum alcedo (Boisduval, 1832)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macroglossa alcedo Boisduval, J.A.D. 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1: Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu pp.267. [188-189].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Dorei [Manokwari], New Guinea.

 

Generic Combinations

• Macroglossum alcedo (Boisduval, 1832). —
  Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae Supplement 9: i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67 [643]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northeast QLD from Darnley Island, Torres Strait to south of Innisfail; E Indonesia, New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Moulds, M.S., Tuttle, J.P. & Lane, D.A. 2020. Hawkmoths of Australia: Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 13 pp. i-x, 1-414. [167]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2024	Macroglossinae	19-Sep-2020	MODIFIED
07-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)