Angonyx testacea
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Angonyx |
| Species: | A. testacea
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Angonyx testacea, the northern dark-green hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]It is found in Nepal, northern India, the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan) and Philippines (Palawan, Luzon). The isolated population in southern India and Sri Lanka is a separate species, namely Angonyx krishna.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]The wingspan is 54–64 mm.
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Angonyx testacea ♂
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Angonyx testacea ♂ △
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Angonyx testacea ♀
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Angonyx testacea ♀ △
Biology
[edit | edit source]There are several generations per year in Hong Kong, with adults on wing from mid-February to early July, and again from late August to early January, with peaks in April, June, mid-October and late November.
The larvae have been recorded on Strychnos nux-vomica in India.[3]
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