Coprosma Hawk Moth at Lockhart River, QLD
Identification history
| Hippotion scrofa | 11 Mar 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Hippotion scrofa | 11 Mar 2025 | donhe | ||
| Sphingidae | 11 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Unverified | 2 Aug 2024 | lbradley |
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3 comments
donhe
wrote:
11 Mar 2025
The white antennae and legs look good for H. scrofa, but the hindwing appears orange now rather than red. I suspect the low red content is a photographic/illumination artefact.
Location information
- Coordinates 143.285872-12.763031
- Altitude 27.6m
- Maps Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park
- Places Lockhart River, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Aug 2024 08:21 PM Recorded on
- lbradley Recorded by
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Cape York Trip lbradley NatureMapr North Queensland Hawk moths (Sphingidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Hippotion scrofa Scientific name
- Coprosma Hawk Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1676.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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