''Theretra indistincta'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

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. It is known from

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and

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. They have pink antennae. Pupation takes place in a mottled brown pupa.

Subspecies

*''Theretra indistincta indistincta'' (Queensland, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia) *''Theretra indistincta bismarcki'' Jordan, 1926 (Bismarck Archipelago) *''Theretra indistincta manuselensis'' Joicey & Talbot, 1921 (Ceram) *''Theretra indistincta papuensis'' Joicey & Talbot, 1921 (Papua New Guinea)

References

Theretra Moths described in 1877 Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler Moths of Indonesia Moths of Australia {{Sphingidae-stub