1. Falter

2. Diagnosis

1-6: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-3: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1: Macleay ([1826]: 464) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Sphinx latreillii Macleay, [1826] [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Chaerocampa[sic] comminuens Walker, [1865] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Chaerocampa[sic] deserta Butler, 1876 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Chaerocampa[sic] walduckii Butler, 1877 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Chaerocampa[sic] amara Swinhoe, 1892 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Subspecies

• Theretra latreillii lucasi (Walker, 1856) [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Theretra latreillii prattorum Clark, 1924 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Mac Leay, W. S. [1826]: Annulosa. Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N. — In: King, P. P. (“1827”) [1826]: Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia performed between the years 1818 and 1822 2: 438-469. London (John Murray).