African Moths Gambia


 

Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823)

African Hummingbird Hawk.

SYNONYMS
Psithyros trochilus, Macroglossum fasciatum, Macroglossum lysithous, Macroglossa trochiloides,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 11
aesalon, alluardi, corythus, gyrans, milvus, pachycerus, sitiene, soror, stellatarum, svetlana, trochilus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Galium aparine, Oryza sativa, Rubia cordifolia, Oldenlandia corymbosa,

Macroglossum trochilus
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside (ZM)
 
Upperside (ZM)
Macroglossum trochilus   Macroglossum trochilus   Macroglossum trochilus
Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (ZM)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Macroglossum trochilus   Macroglossum trochilus   Macroglossum trochilus
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Underside (GA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (TG)
Macroglossum trochilus   Macroglossum trochilus   Macroglossum trochilus
Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: L. Smith
 
Photo: Judy Bowen
Live (TZ)
 
 
Distribution Map
Macroglossum trochilus     map
Photo: M. Grimm