Subspecies Macroglossum prometheus lineata T.P. Lucas, 1891

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macroglossa lineata Lucas, T.P. 1891. Butterflies and Moths. Descriptions of two new Butterflies and nine new Sphingidae or Hawk moths found in Queensland. Published privately by the author. 1-4 pp.
• Macroglossa inusitata Swinhoe, C. 1892. Catalogue of eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford University Museum. Part 1. Sphinges and Bombyces. Oxford : Claredon Press viii+324 pp., 8 pls. [6].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Dorey.
• Macroglossa inconspicua Rothschild, L.W. 1894. Notes on Sphingidae, with descriptions of new species. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 65-98 pls 5-7 [68].

 

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. [190]

 

Generic Combinations

• Macroglossum prometheus inusitata (Swinhoe, 1892). —
  Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae Supplement 9: i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67 [651] (new combination)
• Macroglossum prometheus lineata (T.P. Lucas, 1891). —
  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 [89] (new combination)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Koolan Island, WA, northern NT, and eastern QLD from Torres Strait Islands to Burleigh Heads; New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), 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. [190]

 

History of changes

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