Acosmeryx anceus

Acosmeryx anceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Acosmeryx
Species: A. anceus
Binomial name
Acosmeryx anceus
(Stoll, [1781])[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx anceus Stoll, [1781]
  • Zonilia mixtura Walker, [1865]
  • Enyo cinnamomea Herrich-Schäffer, [1869]
  • Acosmeryx daulis Boisduval, [1875]

Acosmeryx anceus is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[2] It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781, and is known from India, New Guinea, and Queensland, Australia.

Description

The wingspan is 70–88 mm.

Biology

The larvae of subspecies subdentata have been found on plants in the genera Leea, Cayratia, Cissus, and Vitis. Larvae of ssp. anceus have been recorded on Cayratia clematidea, Cissus antarctica and Vitis vinifera.[3]

Subspecies

  • Acosmeryx anceus anceus (Queensland and New South Wales)
  • Acosmeryx anceus subdentata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (southern and eastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, southwestern China (Yunnan, Guangxi), Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sumbawa) and the Philippines)[4]

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. ↑ "Acosmeryx". Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  3. ↑ "Australian Insects". Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  4. ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-20.


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