Acosmeryx anceus

Acosmeryx anceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Acosmeryx
Species: A. anceus
Binomial name
Acosmeryx anceus
(Stoll, [1781])[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx anceus Stoll, [1781]
  • Zonilia mixtura Walker, [1865]
  • Enyo cinnamomea Herrich-Schäffer, [1869]
  • Acosmeryx daulis Boisduval, [1875]

Acosmeryx anceus is a moth of the Sphingidae family.[2] It was described by Stoll in 1781, and is known from India, New Guinea, and Queensland, Australia.

The wingspan is 70-88 mm.

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

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Acosmeryx/anceus.html. Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
  2. ^ "''Acosmeryx'' at funet.fi". Nic.funet.fi. 2008-07-18. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/macroglossinae/acosmeryx/index.html. Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
  3. ^ "Australian Insects". Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. 2011-05-02. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/anceus.html. Retrieved 2011-10-20. 
  4. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_sud.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-20.