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Hummingbird Hawk-moth - Hodges#7883 (Macroglossum stellatarum)
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Macroglossum (stellatarum?) -
Macroglossum stellatarum
Washington County, District of Columbia, USA
September 12, 2018
Specimen observed at dusk in the outdoor gardens of US Botanical Gardens. Appears to be Macroglossum (most likely M. stellatarum), which would make it a likely herbarium stowaway
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Contributed by
RumeltR
on 19 September, 2018 - 1:55pm
Last updated 21 June, 2020 - 10:38am
Stowaway
Agreed. MPG and Pohl et al. will continue to list this as extralimital until there is reasonable evidence that it is established.
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Steve Nanz
, 5 September, 2019 - 2:11pm
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