Biology:Acosmeryx anceus
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Acosmeryx |
| Species: | A. anceus
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| Acosmeryx anceus (Stoll, [1781])[1]
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Acosmeryx anceus is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[2] It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781, and it is known from India , New Guinea, and Queensland, Australia .
Description
The wingspan is 70–88 mm.
Female dorsal
Female ventral
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]
Acosmeryx anceus subdentata
Dorsal view of a male
Acosmeryx anceus subdentata
Underside view of a male
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610221126/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Acosmeryx/anceus.html. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Acosmeryx anceus (Stoll, [1781)"]. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/macroglossinae/acosmeryx/#anceus. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (28 May 2017). "Acosmeryx anceus (Stoll, 1781)". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/anceus.html. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J.. "Acosmerycoides harterti (Rothschild, 1895) -- Hartert's hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_sud.htm. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q2228369 entry
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