Acosmerycoides

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.

Acosmerycoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Subfamily:
Macroglossinae
Genus:
Acosmerycoides

Mell, 1922
Species:
A. harterti
Binomial name
Acosmerycoides harterti
(Rothschild, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ampelophaga harterti Rothschild, 1895
  • Ampelophaga takamukui Matsumura, 1927
  • Acosmerycoides horishana Matsumura, 1927
  • Acosmerycoides insignata Mell, 1922
  • Clanis obscura Mell, 1958
  • Rhagastis leucocraspis Hampson, 1910

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
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. 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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