Syntypes ♂♀ (n = 4) [Australia: Queensland,] Cape York [QMBA].
Taxonomic Notes:
Synonymized with Meganoton rufescens [sic] as a subspecies by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 37. Erroneously treated as a species in Psilogramma by d'Abrera, 1974, Moths of Australia: 70. Inadvertently raised to species status by Mackey, 1975, Occ. Pap. Biol. Dept Univ. Papua New Guinea 4: 2, 9. Implicitly resynonymized with Meganoton rufescens as a subspecies by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 16. Synonymized with Meganoton rubescens as a subspecies by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 58. Reinstated as a species by Moulds, Tuttle & Lane, 2020, Hawkmoths of Australia: 3, 85.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
