@article {22376, title = {First account of the life history of the hawkmoth Eurypteryx molucca C. and R. Felder 1874 (Lepidoptra: Sphingidae: Macroglossini)}, journal = {Australian Entomologist}, volume = {48}, year = {2021}, month = {09/2021}, pages = {195-201}, chapter = {195}, abstract = {

\"The final instar larva and pupa of Eurypteryx molucca C. and R. Felder, 1874 are described for the first time, together with aspects of the species\’ biology from observations of a larva found on Dauan Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. The larval foodplant is Chain Fruit, Alyxia spicata R. Br. (Apocynaceae). Comparison is made with the larva of Eurypteryx bhaga (Moore, [1866]) from South-East Asia, the only other Eurypteryx C. and R. Felder, 1874 species for which any life history detail is currently known.\"

}, keywords = {AUSTRALIA, EURYPTERYX, FOODPLANT, IMMATURE STAGES, PUPA, PUPATION CHAMBER, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1}, author = {Lane, D.L. and Moulds, M.S. and Hopkinson, M.} }