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.
Acosmerycoides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Acosmerycoides Mell, 1922 |
Species: | A. harterti |
Binomial name | |
Acosmerycoides harterti (Rothschild, 1895)[1] | |
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It is found from Assam in India, eastwards across southern China to Taiwan and south to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.[3]
The wingspan is 80–90 mm.
The larvae feed on Vitis species.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Acosmerycoides | |
Acosmerycoides harterti |