Angonyx testacea, the northern dark-green hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
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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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Distribution edit
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
The wingspan is 54–64 mm.
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Biology edit
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 edit
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Angonyx testacea (Walker, 1856) -- Northern dark-green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. 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.
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