Macroglossum pyrrhostictum courtesy of Jean Haxaire

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Macroglossum Scopoli, 1777 ........... Species: pyrrhosticta Butler, 1875

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Hummingbird Hawk Moth, Macroglossum pyrrhosticta, flies in Hawaii, and has an extended range across the Pacific Ocean to the Philippines and into Asia, including China, Korea and Japan.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Macroglossum pyrrhosticta adults fly from April through August.

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING: Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Adults take nectar from flowers. I believe this species is a day flier, but females probably nectar at flowers at night during ovipositing flights.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae are referred to as maile pilau hornworms.

Sphingidae of Hawaii

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Macroglossum pyrrhostictum