Dolbogene igualana courtesy of Bruce Walsh.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Dolbogene Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 ........... Species: igualana (Schaus, 1932)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Dolbogene igualana (wingspan: males 51-56mm; females: 65mm) flies in Sonora, Mexico and southward through the dry forests of
Nicaragua: Managua, Granada; to
Costa Rica: Guanacaste.

Dolbogene igualana, Mexico, courtesy of Manuel Balcazar-Lara.

Dolbogene igualana, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.

FLIGHT TIMES:

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

Dolbogene igualana, Nicaragua, MAES J.M. /
Sphingidae & Saturniidae of Nicaragua CD ROM.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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