Maile Pilau Hornworm

Macroglossum pyrrhosticta

"Macroglossum pyrrhosticta", the maile pilau hornworm or burnt-spot hummingbird hawkmoth, is a hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
Macroglossum pyrrhosticta Macroglossum pyrrhosticta
Or Maile pilau hornworm
Or Burnt-spot hummingbird hawkmoth Geotagged,India,Macroglossum pyrrhosticta

Appearance

The wingspan is 42–56 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August in Hawaii and from late June to late October in Korea.
Burnt-spot Hummingbird hawk-moth, Macroglossum pyrrhosticta  Geotagged,Indonesia,Macroglossum pyrrhosticta,Summer

Distribution

It is found in Sri Lanka, eastern India, Nepal, Thailand, central and eastern China, South Korea, North Korea, Japan, the southern Russian Far East, Taiwan, the Philippines, eastern Malaysia and Indonesia. It is also an introduced species in Hawaii.

Behavior

Larvae have been recorded on "Paederia scandens", "Psychotria rubra", "Paederia foetida" and "Paederia tomentosa".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusMacroglossum
SpeciesM. pyrrhosticta
Photographed in
Indonesia
India