| Theretra queenslandi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Theretra |
| Species: | T. queenslandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Theretra queenslandi (Lucas, 1891)[1] |
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Theretra queenslandi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland.[2]
The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults have light brown forewings with a dark stripe running from the base to the apex. There is a dark dot near the middle of the costa. The hindwings are darker brown.
The larvae feed on Dendrocnide excelsa. The early instars are green with a dark straight tail horn, and a pair of blue eye markings on the first abdominal segment. Later instars have two colour forms, green and brown. Both forms have a pair of green and white eyespots, one each side of the first abdominal segment. They have a strong reddish backward curving horn on the last segment. Pupation takes place in a slender, mottled brown pupa.