''Coenotes eremophilae'' is a species of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but ...
first described by
Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1891. It is known from
Queensland
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Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
and the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
.
The
wingspan
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is about 50 mm. Adults have fawn wings, and a pattern of diagonal and transverse dark marks on the abdomen.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''
Eremophila bowmanii'', ''
Eremophila freelingii'', ''
Eremophila latrobei'', ''
Eremophila longifolia'', ''
Eremophila sturtii
''Eremophila sturtii'', commonly known as turpentine bush, is a shrub endemic to Australia. Aboriginal people give it names including munyunpa and watara. A medium to large shrub, it is often multi-stemmed and has narrow leaves and lilac-colour ...
'', ''
Eremophila mitchellii
''Eremophila mitchellii'', known commonly as false sandalwood and several other names, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a glabrous large shrub or small tree with flaky bark, white or ...
'', ''
Myoporum deserti'', ''
Myoporum montanum'', ''
Carissa lanceolata'', ''
Gyrocarpus americanus'', ''
Prostanthera striatiflora'', ''
Hibiscus panduriformis'', ''
Acacia farnesitana'', ''
Sesamum indicum
Sesame ( or ; ''Sesamum indicum'') is a flowering plant in the genus '' Sesamum'', also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cu ...
'', ''
Santalum acuminatum
''Santalum acuminatum'', the desert quandong, is a hemiparasitic plant in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae, (Native to Australia) which is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia.
The species, especia ...
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Duboisia myoporoides
''Duboisia myoporoides'', or corkwood, is a shrub or tree native to high-rainfall areas on the margins of rainforest in eastern Australia. It has a thick and corky bark.
The leaves are obovate to elliptic in shape, 4–15 cm long and 1– ...
'' and ''
Clerodendrum floribundum''. They are black with a white stripe along each side, a yellow dorsal stripe, many little pale dots and a row of orange spiracles along each side. On the tail, they have an entirely black curved horn.
References
Sphingulini
Moths described in 1891
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