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title: "Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth"
description: "Macroglossum stellatarum — Insetti e ragni. The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of hawk moth found across temperate regions of Eurasia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eurasian-hummingbird-hawkmoth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

> Macroglossum stellatarum — Insetti e ragni. The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of hawk moth found across temperate regions of Eurasia.

- Scientific name: *Macroglossum stellatarum*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 52164
- Wikidata: [Q369034](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369034)
- iNaturalist taxon: [56293](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56293)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth
- de: Taubenschwänzchen
- es: Polilla esfinge colibrí
- fr: Moro-sphinx
- nl: Kolibrievlinder
- pl: Fruczak gołąbek

## Countries with the most observations

FR (7810), GB (6342), DE (6009), IT (5269), ES (4692), AT (2967), CZ (1383), CH (1314), PT (1054), RU (976), GR (897), UA (856)

## Summary

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 mitogenome has been sequenced.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird_hawk-moth

## Photo

![Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-hummingbird-hawkmoth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dean Bayliss · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183862176

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-hummingbird-hawkmoth?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).