| (formerly known as Choerocampa indistincta) MACROGLOSSINAE, SPHINGIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Lawrence,
Ku-ring-gai Chase, New South Wales)
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| (formerly known as Choerocampa indistincta) MACROGLOSSINAE, SPHINGIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Lawrence,
Ku-ring-gai Chase, New South Wales)
The Caterpillars of this species are smooth and green, and each segment has blue spiracles and a pair of yellow-edged green spots with pale centres, The last segment has a short thick reddish backward curving horn with a black tip. The true legs are pink.
Later instars develop a patchy grey skin.
The caterpillars feed on various plants in VITACEAE, including
The caterpillars can grow to a length of about 6 cms. The caterpillars pupate under the soil.
The adult moths have brown forewings, each with a vague dark band across the middle. The hindwings are each dark brown shading to white at the margin. The wingspan is about 10 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Arthur G. Butler,
Descriptions of several African and Australian Lepidoptera in the collection of the British Museum,
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 4, Volume 19 (1877), p. 460, No. 5.
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(written 22 October 2018, updated 27 April 2026)