MACROGLOSSINAE, SPHINGIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 15 July 2003)
(Photo: courtesy of David and Tom Sleep, Brisbane)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 15 July 2003)
(Photo: courtesy of David and Tom Sleep, Brisbane)
The adult moth of this species is brown, with a bright orange bar across each hindwing. The wingspan is about 5 cms.
The specimen pictured above was found by David Sleep in late May 2003, caught in a web still just alive in a garage at Taigum which is in north Brisbane.
The species is found over much of south-east Asia. The subspecies lineata is unique to Queensland.
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