Macroglossum alcedo

Macroglossum alcedo is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tanimbar, the Kai Islands, Aru, Papua New Guinea and Queensland.^[2]

Macroglossum alcedo
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Macroglossum
Species:	M. alcedo
Binomial name
Macroglossum alcedo Boisduval, 1832[1]
Synonyms
Psithyros alcedo

Adults have brown patterned forewings and smaller yellow hindwings with a wide dark brown margin.^[3]