HOLOTYPE ♂ [Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay] d'Entrecasteaux Is, Fergusson [Island], «x-xi.1894» («A.S.» Meek)] [NHMUK].
Taxonomic Notes:
Proposed as a subspecies of Macroglossum insipida. Synonymized with Macroglossum troglodytus as a subspecies by Holloway, 2011, Malay. Nat. J. 63: 317. Raised to species status by Moulds, Tuttle & Lane, 2020, Hawkmoths of Australia: 3, 186.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
