Biology:Angonyx testacea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Angonyx |
| Species: | A. testacea
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| Angonyx testacea (Walker, 1856)[1]
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Angonyx testacea, the northern dark-green hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
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.
Angonyx testacea ♂
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Angonyx testacea ♀
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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
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106060757/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Angonyx/testacea.html. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Angonyx testacea (Walker, 1856) -- Northern dark-green hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_tes.htm. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ↑ Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9 (10): 511–644. https://archive.org/stream/revisionofhetero00butl#page/572/mode/2up/.
Wikidata ☰ Q4763837 entry
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