Macroglossum stellatarum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Macroglossum
- Species
- Macroglossum stellatarum
- Scientific Name
- Macroglossum stellatarum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hummingbird hawk-moth
The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of hawk moth found across temperate regions of Eurasia. The species is named for its similarity to hummingbirds, as they feed on the nectar of tube-shaped flowers using their long proboscis while hovering in the air; this resemblance is an example of convergent evolution.
The hummingbird hawk-moth was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. As of 2018, its mitogenome has been sequenced.
...Macroglossum stellatarum in languages:
- Arabic
- عثة الصقر الطنانة
- Bokmål
- dagsvermer
- Bulgarian
- Гълъбова опашка
- Catalan
- Bufaforats
- Chinese
- 後黃長喙天蛾
- Croatian
- Obična golupka
- Czech
- dlouhozobka svízelová
- Danish
- Duehale
- Dutch
- Kolibrievlinder
- English
- Hummingbird Hawkmoth
- English
- Hummingbird Hawk-moth
- English
- Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth
- Estonian
- Päevasuru
- Finnish
- isopäiväkiitäjä
- Finnish
- etelänpäiväkiitäjä
- French
- Moro sphinx
- German
- Taubenschwänzchen
- German
- Taubenschwanz
- German
- Karpfenschwanz
- German
- Kolibrischwärmer
- German
- Kolibrifalter
- Hebrew
- רפרף הדבקה
- Hungarian
- kacsafarkú szender
- Italian
- Sfinge colibrì
- Japanese
- ホウジャク
- Korean
- 꼬리박각시
- Lithuanian
- Ilgaliežuvis sfinksas
- Modern Greek
- Δαμαλάκι
- Modern Greek
- Κοχεκυλίς
- Modern Greek
- Επτάστηθος
- Modern Greek
- Χαμπαρολόγος
- Polish
- Fruczak gołąbek
- Portuguese
- Esfinge-colibri
- Russian
- Языкан обыкновенный
- Serbian
- Обична голупка
- Slovak
- lišaj marinkový
- Slovene
- Velerilec
- Swedish
- Större dagsvärmare
- Turkish
- Güvercinkuyruklu Atmaca Güvesi
- Ukrainian
- Язикан звичайний
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Macroglossum adustum
- Macroglossum aesalon
- Macroglossum affictitia
- Macroglossum albigutta
- Macroglossum albolineata
- Macroglossum alcedo
- Macroglossum alluaudi
- Macroglossum amoenum
- Macroglossum aquila
- Macroglossum arimasi
- Macroglossum assimilis
- Macroglossum augarra
- Macroglossum avicula
- Macroglossum belis
- Macroglossum bifasciata
- Macroglossum bombylans
- Macroglossum buini
- Macroglossum buruensis
- Macroglossum cadioui
- Macroglossum caldum
- Macroglossum calescens
- Macroglossum canlaonensis
- Macroglossum castaneum
- Macroglossum celebicum
- Macroglossum claudepierreae
- Macroglossum clemensi
- Macroglossum corythus
- Macroglossum divergens
- Macroglossum dohertyi
- Macroglossum eichhorni
- Macroglossum eitschbergeri
- Macroglossum errans
- Macroglossum faro
- Macroglossum fritzei
- Macroglossum fruhstorferi
- Macroglossum glaucoptera
- Macroglossum godeffroyi
- Macroglossum gyrans
- Macroglossum haslami
- Macroglossum haxairei
- Macroglossum hemichroma
- Macroglossum hirundo
- Macroglossum insipida
- Macroglossum jani
- Macroglossum joannisi
- Macroglossum kitchingi
- Macroglossum kleineri
- Macroglossum lepidum
- Macroglossum limata
- Macroglossum marquesanum
- Macroglossum mediovitta
- Macroglossum meeki
- Macroglossum melanoleuca
- Macroglossum melas
- Macroglossum micacea
- Macroglossum milvus
- Macroglossum mitchellii
- Macroglossum moecki
- Macroglossum mouldsi
- Macroglossum multifascia
- Macroglossum nemesis
- Macroglossum neotroglodytus
- Macroglossum nigellum
- Macroglossum nubilum
- Macroglossum nycteris
- Macroglossum obscura
- Macroglossum pachycerus
- Macroglossum particolor
- Macroglossum passalus
- Macroglossum phocinum
- Macroglossum piepersi
- Macroglossum poecilum
- Macroglossum prometheus
- Macroglossum pseudomediovitta
- Macroglossum pseudonigellum
- Macroglossum pyrrhosticta
- Macroglossum pyrrhostictum
- Macroglossum quasivariegatum
- Macroglossum queenslandi
- Macroglossum rectans
- Macroglossum regulus
- Macroglossum reithi
- Macroglossum saga
- Macroglossum schnitzleri
- Macroglossum semifasciata
- Macroglossum sitiene
- Macroglossum soror
- Macroglossum spilonotum
- Macroglossum splendens
- Macroglossum stellatarum
- Macroglossum stevensi
- Macroglossum stigma
- Macroglossum sulai
- Macroglossum sylvia
- Macroglossum tenebrosa
- Macroglossum tenimberi
- Macroglossum trigi
- Macroglossum trochilus
- Macroglossum troglodytus
- Macroglossum ungues
- Macroglossum vacillans
- Macroglossum vandenberghi
- Macroglossum variegatum
- Macroglossum vicinum
- Macroglossum vidua
- Macroglossum wackenheimi
Top Observation Places
- Utrecht
- Margate
- Avignon
- Oldenburg
- Braunschweig
- Fréjus
- Würzburg
- Angers
- Matera
- Oxford
- Sheffield
- Sochi
- Berlin
- Kreuzberg
- Mitte
- Pyatigorsk
- Darmstadt
- Helsinki
- Durrës
- Sector 1
- Linz
- Bath
- České Budějovice
- Ioánnina
- Marseille 13
- Marseille 08
- Marseille 09
- Marseille 12
- Marseille 11
- Marseille 10
- Colchester
- Antibes
- Plymouth
- Southampton
- Irákleion
- Qiryat Ata
- Moscow
- Presnenskiy
- Dorogomilovo
- Ostankinskiy
- Aalen
- Nantes
- Tübingen
- Zográfos
- Sofia
- Saint-Malo
- Sutton
- Dijon
- Toulouse
- Bonn































































































































































