Macroglossum dohertyi (Rothschild, 1894)
(one synonym : Bombylia doddi)
MACROGLOSSINAE, SPHINGIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 26 June 2008)

Macroglossum dohertyi
(Photo: courtesy of Bob Miller and Ian Hill)

These caterpillars have a pupa that is brown with dark lines where the veins of the wings develop, and dark spiracles.

Macroglossum dohertyi

Macroglossum dohertyi
(Photos: courtesy of Bob Miller and Ian Hill)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each with one wide and one narrow pale stripe. The hindwings are each dark yellow with a broad brown margin.

Macroglossum dohertyi
(Photo: courtesy of Bob Miller and Ian Hill)

The species occurs in Queensland, Australia.

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