(one synonym : Oxyambulyx queenslandi)
SPHINGINAE, SPHINGIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 15 August 2007)
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 15 August 2007)
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
The adult moths of this species are dimorpic.
The males have brown patterned forewings, each with three black spots outlined in white. The hindwings are patterned in yellow and orange.
The females have dark purplish brown forewings and darker hindwings.
This species occurs in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 412.
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