Species Macroglossum rectans Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Museums

Regional Maps

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

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH (9. ii. '97 (H. Kühn); formerly in Tring Museum), Little Kei [Little Kai Island, Indonesia].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northern NT from Darwin to Wessel Islands, and eastern QLD from Torres Strait Islands to south of Townsville; E Indonesia, New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), 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. [196]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2024	Macroglossinae	18-Sep-2020	MODIFIED
11-Dec-2014	SPHINGIDAE	20-Jul-2015	MODIFIED
07-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)