Angonyx excellens (Rothschild, 1911)
(erroneously : Agonyx darlingtoni)
MACROGLOSSINAE, SPHINGIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 24 May 2008)


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moths of this species have forewings each with a bold pattern of pale and dark brown and a curved white stripe. The hindwings are each yellow with a dark brown margin.

The species is found in

  • New Guinea, and
  • Queensland.

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