Coenotes eremophilae

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Coenotes eremophilae
Coenotes eremophilae, male, upperside. Australia, Northern Territories, Katherine, Springvale Homestead.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Coenotes
Species:
C. eremophilae
Binomial name
Coenotes eremophilae
(T. P. Lucas, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx eremophilaeT. P. Lucas, 1891
  • Protoparce minimusMiskin, 1891

Coenotes eremophilae is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1891. It is known from Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. [2]

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Eremophila bowmanii , Eremophila freelingii , Eremophila latrobei , Eremophila longifolia , Eremophila sturtii , Eremophila mitchellii , Myoporum deserti , Myoporum montanum , Carissa lanceolata , Gyrocarpus americanus , Prostanthera striatiflora , Hibiscus panduriformis , Acacia farnesitana , Sesamum indicum , Santalum acuminatum , Duboisia myoporoides and Clerodendrum floribundum .

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. "Australian Insects". Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. 2009-12-02. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-11-01.