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Macroglossum sitiene
Minibeast photographs and field observations.
Species notes
About Macroglossum sitiene
Macroglossum sitiene (also recorded as Crisp-banded Hummingbird Hawkmoth) is an accepted species in the family Sphingidae, within the order Lepidoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Minikoi. Butterflies and moths pass through egg, larval, pupal and adult stages, and adults are characterised by wings covered in microscopic scales.
- Common name
- Crisp-banded Hummingbird Hawkmoth
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Minikoi
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy