Angonyx testacea

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

Angonyx testacea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. 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]

The wingspan is 54–64 mm. 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 AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  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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