Psilogramma casuarinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Sphinginae
Tribus: Sphingini
Genus: Psilogramma
Species: Psilogramma casuarinae
Name

Psilogramma casuarinae (Walker, 1856)

Type locality: Australia, Sydney, Cape York.

Lectotype: BMNH.
Original combination

Macrosilia casuarinae Walker, 1856

Synonyms

Psilogramma casuarinae Walker, 1856
Psilogramma hausmanni Eitschberger, 2001 (synonymized by Eitschberger, 2001: 5).

References
Additional references

Eitschberger, U. 2001b. Die Gattung Callionima Lucas, 1857 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue entomologische nachrichten 52: 1–174. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Psilogramma casuarinae, the Australasian privet hawk moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is known from New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland, all in Australia.[2]

Adults have long, narrow grey wings with a darker grey wavy pattern. The abdomen is grey, with a dark dorsal line. Males can make a hissing sound by rubbing parts of their body together.

The larvae feed on Olea europaea, Ligustrum vulgare, Jasminum polyanthum, Campsis radicans, Tecoma stans, Lonicera japonica, Cotoneaster species, Antirrhinum majus and Clerodendrum paniculatum. Early instars are green (although there is a brown colour morph) with a strong nearly straight horn on the tail. Later, it develops a series of diagonal white stripes on the sides. Full-grown larvae are about 80 mm long. Mature larvae leave their food plant to pupate under the surface debris of loose soil and leaves.

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References
Wikispecies has information related to Psilogramma casuarinae.

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (30 December 2018). "Psilogramma casuarinae (Walker, 1856)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 6 January 2019.