Macroglossinae

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Macroglossinae
Little Wine Hawk (Deilephila porcellus)

Little Wine Hawk ( Deilephila porcellus )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Subordination : Glossata
Superfamily : Bombycoidea
Family : Swarmers (Sphingidae)
Subfamily : Macroglossinae
Scientific name
Macroglossinae
Harris , 1839
Bumble bee ( Hemaris fuciformis )
Little wine owl caterpillar with eye spots and reduced anal horn

The Macroglossinae are a subfamily of the swarmers (Sphingidae). They occur worldwide with about 600 species , 25 are known from Europe , 13 of them occur in Central Europe.

features

The labial palps of the moths have fine sensory hairs on the inside of the first segment. The males of some species have asymmetrically shaped genitals. Their valves often have one or more rows of elongated scales . The animals all have well-trained proboscis . In some genera of the Choerocampini, the pilifer, a structure that is derived from the labrum , has developed into an ultrasound receptor.

The caterpillars have a spherical head capsule. Many species have noticeable eye spots on the thorax or especially on the abdomen. In many species the anal horn is reduced to an inconspicuous, flat process.

Way of life

There are a number of species within the subfamily that are uncommon for hobbyists. This includes all Hemaris , most Cephonodes and many Macroglossum species. The food plants include a wide range of plants, including the dog-poison family (Apocynaceae), arum family (Araceae), rose apple family (Dilleniaceae), evening primrose family (Onagraceae), red family (Rubiaceae) and grapevine family (Vitaceae).

At rest, large parts or the entire abdomen are uncovered and the inner edge of the forewings either lies close to the abdomen or leaves only a small gap free.

Systematics

In the following the 86 genera currently assigned to the subfamily are listed according to Kitching / Cadiou (2000) and all occurring in Europe, as well as selected other species. The species occurring in Europe are marked with an "E", those that also occur in Central Europe are each provided with the country code (A, CH, D).

Tribus Dilophonotini Burmeister, 1878

Subtribus Dilophonotina Burmeister, 1878

Subtribe Hemarina Tutt, 1902

Tribus Philampelini Burmeister, 1878

Tribus Macroglossini Harris, 1839

Subtribus Macroglossina Harris, 1839

Subtribus Choerocampina Grote & Robinson, 1865

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Macroglossinae. Fauna Europaea, accessed March 22, 2008 .
  2. ↑ Sphingidae. Lepiforum eV, accessed on March 22, 2008 .
  3. ^ Ian J. Kitching, Jean-Marie Cadiou: Hawkmoths of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Cornell University Press, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8014-3734-2

literature

  • NP Kristensen: Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie 4 (35) p. 345f, Walter de Gruyter. Berlin, New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-015704-7
  • Malcolm J. Scoble: The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity. P. 327 Oxford University Press 1995, ISBN 978-0-19-854952-9

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