Subspecies Macroglossum melas melas Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macroglossum melas Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae Supplement 9: i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67 [646].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH (H. Kuhn; formerly Tring Museum), Little Key Island [Little Kai Island], Indonesia.
• Macroglossum melas pullius Jordan, K. 1930. Description of new Sphingidae and remarks on some others. Novitates Zoologicae 36: 1-5 [4].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (possibly in Tring Museum, now Natural History Museum, London.), Sariba Island, New Guinea.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [181]

 

Generic Combinations

• Macroglossum melas melas Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. —
  Jordan, K. 1930. Description of new Sphingidae and remarks on some others. Novitates Zoologicae 36: 1-5 [4]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Dauan Island, Torres Strait; E Indonesia to E Papua New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

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. [181]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	Macroglossinae	17-Sep-2020	ADDED