Last Sunday over breakfast at a coffee shop, Simon mentioned he saw a hawk moth at the void deck at Toh Yi drive. He showed me the photo on his phone and it is a species which I have not seen before.
The moth was eventually identified as as Meganoton nyctiphanes (Walker, 1856), the only species of Meganoton in Singapore and an uncommon hawk moth !
Well done Simon !
The other Meganotons (photos below) that are commonly seen in Malaysia are M. analis and M. rubescens
Meganoton analis, Fraser’s Hill, 2008
Meganoton rubescens, Fraser’s Hill, 2008
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