Proposed as a subspecies of Meganoton rufescens [sic]. Implicitly synonymized with Meganoton rufescens rufescens [sic] by Dupont, 1941, in Dupont & Roepke, Verh. ned. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam (Sect. 2) 40(1): 10. Reinstated as a subspecies by Diehl, 1982, Heterocera Sumatrana 1: 11. Treated as a species by Bridges, 1993, Cat. Fam. Gen. Spec. Sphingidae of the World: VIII.16. Resynonymized with Meganoton rufescens as a subspecies by Inoue et al., 1996, Moths of Thailand 2: 19. Synonymized with Meganoton rubescens as a subspecies by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 58.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
