Biology:Macroglossum dohertyi

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Short description: Species of moth


Macroglossum dohertyi
Macroglossum dohertyi MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Ambon island Indonesia male dorsal.jpg
Macroglossum dohertyi dohertyi Male dorsal
Macroglossum dohertyi MHNT CUT 2010 0 273 Ambon island Indonesia male ventral.jpg
Macroglossum dohertyi dohertyi Male ventral
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Macroglossum
Species:
M. dohertyi
Binomial name
Macroglossum dohertyi
Rothschild, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Bombylia doddi
  • Macroglossum dohertyi melanura Jordan, 1926

Macroglossum dohertyi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Queensland[2] and Papua New Guinea.

This species is distinguished from other Macroglossum species by the presence on the forewing upperside of two narrow, sharply defined, buffish-white bands in the place of the space between the median lines and the grey postdiscal line. The forewings are brown and the hindwings are dark yellow with a broad brown margin.

Subspecies

  • Macroglossum dohertyi dohertyi
  • Macroglossum dohertyi doddi Clark, 1922 (Papua New Guinea)

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20120929220312/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Macroglossum/dohertyi.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Australian Insects". Australian Insects. 2008-06-26. http://australian-insects.com/lepidoptera/sphi/mdohertyi.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1590774 entry