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Macroglossum pyrrhosticta  Butler, 1875
Taxonomic Serial No.: 936088

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Macroglossa pyrrhosticta Butler, 1875
  
    Macroglossum pyrrhostictum Butler, 1875
  
  Common Name(s): Hummingbird Hawk Moth [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyBombycoidea   
                                     FamilySphingidae Latreille, 1802 – hawk moths, hornworms, sphinx moths  
                                        SubfamilyMacroglossinae Harris, 1839  
                                           TribeMacroglossini Harris, 1839  
                                              GenusMacroglossum Scopoli, 1777  
                                                 SpeciesMacroglossum pyrrhosticta Butler, 1875 – Hummingbird Hawk Moth  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Butler, Arthur G.  
  Publication Date: 1875   
  Article/Chapter Title: Description of new species of Sphingidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London   
  Page(s): 238-261   
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  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501449   
  Reference for: Macroglossum pyrrhosticta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kitching, Ian J., and Jean-Marie Cadiou  
  Publication Date: 2000   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Hawkmoths of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)   
  Page(s): 226   
  Publisher: The Natural History Museum   
  Publication Place: London, United Kingdom   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8014-3734-2   
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  Reference for: Macroglossum pyrrhosticta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nishida, Gordon M., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist, 4th ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bishop Museum Technical Report no. 22   
  Page(s): iv + 313   
  Publisher: Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum   
  Publication Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1085-455X   
  Notes: Contribution No. 2002-005 to the Hawaii Biological Survey   
  Reference for: Macroglossum pyrrhosticta   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Oceania  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Hawaii, Introduced  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Original genus given by Butler (1875:240 & 242) as 'Macroglossa, Ochsenheimer,' which is considered an unjustified emendation of Macroglossum Scopoli. In Macroglossum, may require correction for gender concordance to Macroglossum pyrrhostictum  
 

 

    

 
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