Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dubatolov, V. V., Zinchenko, V. K & Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., 2023, Autumn moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) new for the fauna of Kunashir Island, Far Eastern Entomologist 474, pp. 11-24 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25221/fee.474.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC9C4FBD-AA3B-4BF8-B43B-AA60A4E3B365
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A587A1-491C-FFC3-FF5E-12EFFCB536C2
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

MATERIAL. Russia: Kunashir Island , Andreevskii kordon, 1.X 2022, 1 ♂ .

DISTRIBUTION. The species is widely distributed from Europe (including Azores) and NW Africa via Arabia and South Asia towards Amur River basin, Primorskii krai and Sakhalin in Russia, China, Korea, and Japan ( Pittaway, 2022); vagrant specimens were observed from Gambia (West Africa), South India, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kamchatka in Russia, North America ( Pittaway, 2022). It is recorded from Kuril Islands for the first time.

REMARK. The moth was caught on Taraxacum flowers at sunny daytime.

Family Saturniidae