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Angonyx testacea, the northern dark-green hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Angonyx testacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Angonyx
Species:
A. testacea
Binomial name
Angonyx testacea
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Perigonia testacea Walker, 1856
  • Angonyx emilia Boisduval, 1875
  • Tylognathus emus Boisduval, 1875
  • Panacra ella Butler, 1875
  • Angonyx menghaiensis Meng, 1991



Distribution


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


The wingspan is 54–64 mm.


Biology


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]


References


  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Angonyx testacea (Walker, 1856) -- Northern dark-green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  3. Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 9 (10): 511–644.


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