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Acosmerycoides

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Acosmerycoides is a monotypic genus of moths 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.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Pancrustacea
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
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Acosmerycoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Acosmerycoides
Mell, 1922
Species:
A. harterti
Binomial name
Acosmerycoides harterti
Synonyms[2]
  • Ampelophaga harterti Rothschild, 1895
  • Ampelophaga takamukui Matsumura, 1927
  • Acosmerycoides horishana Matsumura, 1927
  • Acosmerycoides insignata Mell, 1922
  • Rhagastis leucocraspis Hampson, 1910
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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.

  • Acosmerycoides harterti ♂
    Acosmerycoides harterti ♂
  • Acosmerycoides harterti ♂ △
    Acosmerycoides harterti ♂ △

Biology

The larvae feed on Vitis species.

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