Acosmeryx anceus is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[2] It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781, and it is known from India, Myanmar, New Guinea, and Queensland, Australia.
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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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Description
editThe wingspan is 70–88 mm.
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Female dorsal -
Female ventral
Biology
editThe 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
edit- 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]
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Acosmeryx anceus subdentata
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Acosmeryx anceus subdentata
Underside view of a male
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Acosmeryx anceus (Stoll, [1781])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (28 May 2017). "Acosmeryx anceus (Stoll, 1781)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. "Acosmerycoides harterti (Rothschild, 1895) -- Hartert's hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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