Macroglossum errans

Australian Hummingbird Hawkmoth at Sheldon, QLD

Macroglossum errans at Sheldon, QLD - suppressed
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Identification history

Macroglossum errans 29 Oct 2023 donhe
Macroglossum errans 29 Oct 2023 ibaird
Unidentified 28 Oct 2023 PJH123

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Though still in the AFD as Macroglossum hirundo (Boisduval, 1832), Moles, Tuttle and Lane, 2020 raised the Australian subspecies errans to full species status, Macroglossa errans Walker, F. 1856.

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