Macroglossum marquesanum is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution This endemic species is known from the Marquesas Islands.
Description Macroglossum marquesanum has a wingspan of (in males), and a body length of about . These large moths have dark brown or brown-olive head, thorax and abdomen. Forewings are brown, with three faintly defined transversal darker patches. Hindwings are yellowish.C.L. Collenette (1935) Arctiidae, Noctuidae and Sphingidae of the Marquesas Islands Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum – Vol. 114
Bibliography Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central và Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town. Pierre E. I. Viette - Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera from French Oceania A. M. Adamson Foreword - Review of the Fauna of the Marquesas Islands and Discussion of its Origin Christophe Avon - Sphingidae Bibliography (2016) C. L. Collenette - The Arctiidae, Noctuidae and Sphingidae of the St. George Expedition from French Oceania
External links
Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory
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