Subspecies Macroglossum micacea micacea Walker, 1856

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macroglossa micacea Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271.

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH no reg. no. given ♂ (one of four syntypes; see Moulds (1985) for further details), Moreton Bay.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Moulds, M.S. 1985. A review of the Australian hawk moths of the genus Macroglossum Scopoli (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 12(5): 81-105 [100].
• Macroglossa nox Newman, E. 1857. Characters of a few Australian Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Thomas R. Oxley. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2 3: 281-300 [54].
• Macroglossa ethus Boisduval, J.B.A.D.de in Boisduval, J.B.A.D.de & Guenée, A. 1875. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species Géneral des Lépidoptères Hétéocères. Tome 1. Sphingides, Sésiides, Castnides. Paris. ii+iv + 568 + 6, pls 1-11 [unavailable, nomen nudum].

 

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. [182]

 

Generic Combinations

• Macroglossum micacea micacea Walker, 1856. —
  Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1907. Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fam. Sphingidae. Genera Insectorum 57: 1-157, pls 1-8 [121]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern QLD south from the Torres Strait islands south to Dorrigo, north-eastern NSW; New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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. [182]

 

History of changes

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