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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| name = Dolbogene
| name = Hartweg's sphinx
| image =
| image = Dolbogene hartwegii BMNHE273950 male up.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption =
| image_caption = Male
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| genus = Dolbogene
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| parent_authority = [[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1861)|Jordan]], 1903
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| species = hartwegii
| authority = ([[Arthur Gardiner Butler|Butler]], 1875)<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Dolbogene/hartwegii.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203005503/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Dolbogene/hartwegii.html |archive-date=2012-12-03 |access-date=2011-11-01 |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org}}</ref>
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| display_parents = 2
| familia = [[Sphingidae]]
| synonyms = {{Specieslist
| subfamilia = [[Sphinginae]]
|Dolba hartwegii|Butler, 1875
| tribus = [[Sphingini]]
|Dolba clarki|Hoffmann, 1924
| genus = '''''Dolbogene'''''
|Dolbogene manni|Clark, 1917
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| genus_authority = [[Lionel Walter Rothschild|Rothschild]] & [[Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan|Jordan]], 1903
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| range_map =
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| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
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'''''Dolbogene''''' is a genus of [[moth]]s in the [[Sphingidae]] family.


'''''Dolbogene''''' is a [[monotypic]] [[moth]] genus in the family [[Sphingidae]] erected by [[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Walter Rothschild]] and [[Karl Jordan (zoologist, born 1861)|Karl Jordan]] in 1903. Its only species, '''''Dolbogene hartwegii''''', or '''Hartweg's sphinx''', was [[Species description|first described]] by [[Arthur Gardiner Butler]] in 1875. It is found from [[Texas]] and southern [[Arizona]] to [[Mexico]] and [[Guatemala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/dhartweg.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511233857/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/dhartweg.htm |archivedate=2013-05-11 |url-status=dead |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |accessdate=2011-11-01 }}</ref> Only a small number have been caught and not much is known about the biology of this species.
==Species==

*''[[Dolbogene hartwegii]]'' - <small>(Butler 1875)</small>
The [[wingspan]] is 54–61&nbsp;mm. The upperside of the forewing is brown with dark brown and white markings and a light round spot. The upperside of the hindwing has a dark spot and the forewing has a small dark patch. Adults have been recorded in July and August.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* James P. Tuttle: ''The Hawkmoths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada'', The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, DC 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-9796633-0-7}}.

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[[Category:Sphingini]]
[[Category:Sphingini]]
[[Category:Moth genera]]
[[Category:Monotypic moth genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Walter Rothschild]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Walter Rothschild]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Karl Jordan]]
[[Category:Sphingidae genera]]



{{Sphinginae-stub}}
{{Sphinginae-stub}}

Latest revision as of 20:12, 3 June 2024

Hartweg's sphinx
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Sphingini
Genus: Dolbogene
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
D. hartwegii
Binomial name
Dolbogene hartwegii
(Butler, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Dolba hartwegii Butler, 1875
  • Dolba clarki Hoffmann, 1924
  • Dolbogene manni Clark, 1917

Dolbogene is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Dolbogene hartwegii, or Hartweg's sphinx, was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found from Texas and southern Arizona to Mexico and Guatemala.[2] Only a small number have been caught and not much is known about the biology of this species.

The wingspan is 54–61 mm. The upperside of the forewing is brown with dark brown and white markings and a light round spot. The upperside of the hindwing has a dark spot and the forewing has a small dark patch. Adults have been recorded in July and August.

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-11. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

Sources

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  • James P. Tuttle: The Hawkmoths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada, The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-0-9796633-0-7.


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