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ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/latreillii.html

Theretra latreillii

donhe wrote:

11 May 2025

M. errans was proposed as a subspecies of M. hirundo by Walker in 1856. It was promoted to a separate species by Moulds, and that is now how it is in Nmapr and AFD. No problem.

Macroglossum errans

WendyEM wrote:

10 May 2025

I should have checked that. The trouble is NM is meant to follow AFD. I have posted Ian about it.

Macroglossum errans

PJH123 wrote:

10 May 2025

@WendyEM errans was given stat. nov. status by Moulds et al, 2020 in Hawkmoths of Australia

Macroglossum errans

WendyEM wrote:

10 May 2025

Macroglossa errans is a synonym for Macroglossa hirundo according to
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0c426413-e891-4c8f-995a-31e50195db70#names

Macroglossum errans