Macroglossum milvus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Réunion (formerly known as Île Bourbon) and Mauritius.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Macroglossum |
| Species: | M. milvus
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| Macroglossum milvus | |
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The head and thorax uppersides have a dark mesial line. The abdomen upperside has four orange lateral patches, of which the first is the smallest. The thorax underside is clayish reddish cinnamon. The palpus is more grey, with a purer white side-stripe. The abdomen underside is tawny. Both wings undersides are bright tawny, with the inconspicuous distal borders a duller brown and the extreme bases more or less yellow, especially near the inner edge of the hindwing. The hindwing upperside is bright tawny, without a dark border and the extreme base is brownish black. The yellow antemedian band is ill-defined.
The larvae feed on Mussaenda arcuata, Diana fragans and Chassalia corallioides.[5]
References
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- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Boisduval, Jean Baptiste (1833). "M. Milvus". Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice: Lépidoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 78–79.
- ^ Walker, Francis (1856). "Macroglossa Milvus". List of the Specimens in the Collection of the British Museum. London. pp. 90–91.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Macroglossum milvus Walker, 1856". Afromoths. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- Pinhey, E. (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.
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