Biology:Acosmerycoides

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Short description: Genus of moths

Acosmerycoides
Acosmerycoides harterti (34834334354).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Acosmerycoides
Mell, 1922
Species:
A. harterti
Binomial name
Acosmerycoides harterti
(Rothschild, 1895)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Acosmerycoides insignata Ampelophaga harterti
  • Rothschild, 1895 Matsumura, 1927
  • Mell, 1922 Rhagastis leucocraspis
  • Acosmerycoides horishana Hampson, 1910
  • Ampelophaga takamukui Matsumura, 1927

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.[3]

Description

The wingspan is 80–90 mm.

Biology

The larvae feed on Vitis species.

References

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