Angonyx papuana papuana
This moth is NOT found on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Iron Range National Park, Cape York Peninsular, FNQ to Mission Beach, 40k south of Innisfail, FNQ
This moth is NOT found on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Iron Range National Park, Cape York Peninsular, FNQ to Mission Beach, 40k south of Innisfail, FNQ
This Angonyx papuana papuana came to light at Beatrice, 7k SW of Millaa Millaa, FNQ, on 9th Nov 2016 (Photo Bart Hacobian)
Angonyx papuana papuana 5th instar larva feeding on Strychnos minor, May 2013, Cape Tribulation, FNQ
1st instar larva and egg of A. papuana papuana on Strychnos minor (underside of leaf), Cape Tribulation FNQ, May 2013
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Closer view of egg, Cape Tribulation FNQ, May 2013
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Changing from 2nd to 3rd instar, Angonyx papuana papuana larva, May 2013, Cape Tribulation, FNQ
Angonyx papuana papuana 3rd instar larva, Mossman Gorge FNQ, May 2018
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Angonyx papuana papuana 3rd instar larva, Mossman Gorge FNQ, May 2018
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Angonyx papuana papuana 4th instar larva feeding on Strychnos minor, Cape Tribulation FNQ May 2013
2nd instar
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4th instar
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5th instar
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A selection of caudal horns of different instars
Angonyx papuana papuana
This moth is NOT found on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cooktown to Innisfail, FNQ
Moth Sightings:
Larva Sightings: (refer to the Important Note below).
Larval food plants:
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Not applicable
Breeding season in FNQ - not confirmed but thought to be all year
Flight habit: Nocturnal - Thought to be active at night.
Adult Moth: Size at rest - tip of thorax to tip of forewing: ?? - ??mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm. Colour form in the final instar is Green with a whitish and yellowish tinge.
Caudal Horn
Important Note: We were alerted to the existence of Angonyx papuana in May 2013 by those who had discovered it's life history in Australia, namely Max Moulds, Jim Tuttle & David Lane. We (Carol & Trevor Deane and Wynne Robinson) offered to help them search for larvae on our visits to Cape Tribulation rainforest to assist development of their book 'Hawkmoths of Australia'. We searched the known food plant 'Strychnos minor', of which they had also advised us. Without the information passed to us by Max, Jim & David we would not have been able to help them by searching for these larvae in Douglas Shire. In May 2018 we found more larvae, this time at Mossman Gorge which we photographed in situ.
Trevor & Carol Deane & Wynne Robinson
This moth is NOT found on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Distribution: Cooktown to Innisfail, FNQ
Moth Sightings:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not applicable
- ELSEWHERE: Beatrice, 7k SW of Millaa Millaa, (due west of Innisfail), FNQ Nov 2016
Larva Sightings: (refer to the Important Note below).
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not applicable
- ELSEWHERE: Cape Tribulation, FNQ May 2013, Mossman Gorge, FNQ May 2018
Larval food plants:
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: Not applicable
- ELSEWHERE: LOGANIACEAE: Strychnos minor (Snakewood - a vine)
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Not applicable
Breeding season in FNQ - not confirmed but thought to be all year
Flight habit: Nocturnal - Thought to be active at night.
Adult Moth: Size at rest - tip of thorax to tip of forewing: ?? - ??mm
Mature larva: length - ??mm. Colour form in the final instar is Green with a whitish and yellowish tinge.
Caudal Horn
Important Note: We were alerted to the existence of Angonyx papuana in May 2013 by those who had discovered it's life history in Australia, namely Max Moulds, Jim Tuttle & David Lane. We (Carol & Trevor Deane and Wynne Robinson) offered to help them search for larvae on our visits to Cape Tribulation rainforest to assist development of their book 'Hawkmoths of Australia'. We searched the known food plant 'Strychnos minor', of which they had also advised us. Without the information passed to us by Max, Jim & David we would not have been able to help them by searching for these larvae in Douglas Shire. In May 2018 we found more larvae, this time at Mossman Gorge which we photographed in situ.
Trevor & Carol Deane & Wynne Robinson
