Coequosa triangularis

Coequosa triangularis
Caterpillar of Coequosa triangularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Coequosa
Species: C. triangularis
Binomial name
Coequosa triangularis
(Donovan, 1805)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx triangularis Donovan, 1805
  • Sphynx castaneus Perry, 1811

Coequosa triangularis (double-headed hawk moth) is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.

The wingspan is about 130 mm, making it Australia's largest hawk moth. Adults are yellow and brown with broad wavy markings.[2]

The larvae feed on Banksia ericifolia, Grevillea robusta, Hakea dactyloides, Macadamia integrifolia, Persoonia levis and Stenocarpus sinuatus. The head is an orange conical structure, but on its tail are two large raised black knobs. These look like a pair of large eyes, so that an observer or predator finds it difficult to determine which end is the head. The body is green or yellow, often with yellow diagonal stripes and sometimes with purplish lateral markings. It is covered in soft short pale spines. Full-grown larvae are about 100 mm long.

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. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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