Hummingbird hawk-moth

Hummingbird hawk-moth
	In flight
	At rest
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Macroglossum
Species:	M. stellatarum
Binomial name
	Macroglossum stellatarum; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Sphinx stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758;

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 entire genome and mitogenome have been sequenced.^[1]

^ Li, Jun; Zhang, Yaoyao; Hu, Kunjie; Zhao, Yaqi; Lin, Ruirui; Li, Yan; Huang, Zhuoran; Zhang, Xu; Geng, Xuexia (2018-07-01). "Mitochondrial genome characteristics of two Sphingidae insects (Psilogramma increta and Macroglossum stellatarum) and implications for their phylogeny". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 113: 592–600. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.02.159. ISSN 0141-8130. PMID 29501752. S2CID 3983266.

[1] Li, Jun; Zhang, Yaoyao; Hu, Kunjie; Zhao, Yaqi; Lin, Ruirui; Li, Yan; Huang, Zhuoran; Zhang, Xu; Geng, Xuexia (2018-07-01). "Mitochondrial genome characteristics of two Sphingidae insects (Psilogramma increta and Macroglossum stellatarum) and implications for their phylogeny". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 113: 592–600. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.02.159. ISSN 0141-8130. PMID 29501752. S2CID 3983266.

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