Ambulyx wildei Miskin, 1891
(previously known as: Oxyambulyx wildei)
SMERINTHINAE ,   SPHINGIDAE

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

(updated 15 March 2009)

Ambulyx wildei
(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

The adult moths of this species are brown with a pattern of dark lines, and a dark spot on the trailing edge of each fore wing. They have a wingspan of about 10 cms.

The species occurs across south-east Asia including:

  • New Guinea,
    and in Australia in:
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 170.

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