Macroglossum Meeki
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''Macroglossum meeki'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family Sphingidae. It is known from
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. The length of the forewings is about 27 mm. It is similar to '' Macroglossum passalus'' and '' Macroglossum faro''. The head upperside is slate-coloured, with a darker dorsal midline. The thorax upperside is olive green. The palpus underside is slaty grey, speckled with white. The underside of the thorax and legs is clayish ochre. The underside of both wings is walnut-brown and the distal borders are dark brown. The forewing underside is yellow at the extreme base. The hindwing upperside has an interrupted yellow band.


References

Macroglossum Moths described in 1903 {{Macroglossum-stub