Acosmerycoides
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Genus: | Acosmerycoides Mell, 1922
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| Species: | A. harterti
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| Acosmerycoides harterti (Rothschild, 1895)[1]
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Acosmerycoides is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Rudolf Mell in 1922. Its only species, Acosmerycoides harterti or Hartert's hawkmoth, was described by Walter Rothschild in 1895.
Distribution[]
It is found from Assam in India, eastwards across southern China to Taiwan and south to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.[2]
Description[]
The wingspan is 80–90 mm.
Acosmerycoides harterti ♂
Acosmerycoides harterti ♂ △
Biology[]
The larvae feed on Vitis species.
References[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Acosmerycoides. |
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. "Acosmerycoides harterti (Rothschild, 1895) -- Hartert's hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
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