Theretra queenslandi

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Theretra queenslandi
Theretra queenslandi MHNT CUT 2010 0 103 Wau, Papua New Guinea male dorsal.jpg
Dorsal view
Theretra queenslandi MHNT CUT 2010 0 103 Wau, Papua New Guinea male ventral.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Theretra
Species:
T. queenslandi
Binomial name
Theretra queenslandi
(T. P. Lucas, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa queenslandiT. P. Lucas, 1891
  • Choerocampa potentiaH. Druce, 1894

Theretra queenslandi is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1891.

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Distribution

It is known from New South Wales, Queensland in Australia and from Papua-New-Guinea. [2]

Description

The wingspan is about 60 mm.

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (8 May 2020). "Theretra queenslandi (T.P. Lucas, 1891)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 21 July 2020.