Akbesia
Genus of moths
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Akbesia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Akbesia davidi, the pistacia hawkmoth, was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1884.[2]
| Akbesia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Akbesia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
| Species: | A. davidi |
| Binomial name | |
| Akbesia davidi | |
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Smerinthus davidi Oberthür, 1884 | |
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pistacia atlantica and terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus). Larvae have also been reared on Cotinus coggygria and Rhus coriaria.
Etymology
Subspecies
- Akbesia davidi davidi
- Akbesia davidi gandhara de Freina & Geck, 2003 (Afghanistan)