Acosmeryx castanea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Acosmeryx |
Species: | A. castanea |
Binomial name | |
Acosmeryx castanea | |
Synonyms | |
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Acosmeryx castanea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. [2] It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903.
Is known from eastern and southern China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.
The wingspan is 75–90 mm.
In Hong Kong, adults are on wing from March to late September. In Korea and Japan, adults are on wing from late June to mid-August. There are multiple generations per year. [3]
The larvae feed on Ampelopsis glandulosa and Cayratia japonica .
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Macroglossum insipida, the hermit hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
Macroglossum mediovitta is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from southern Japan, Taiwan and southern China south through Thailand and Malaysia to Indonesia.
Parum is monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its single species, Parum colligata, was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.
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. It is known from southern Turkey, northern Syria, northern Israel, western Jordan, south-eastern Turkey, north-eastern Iraq, south-eastern Georgia, northern Iran, eastern Afghanistan and Iranian Beluchistan. It may also occur across Azerbaijan, the Alborz Mountains of northern Iran, the Zagros Mountains of western and southern Iran, and northern Afghanistan. It often occurs in large numbers at certain sites in rocky, hilly areas supporting scattered trees and shrubs of Quercus, Olea, Ceratonia and Pistacia.
Amphimoea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Amphimoea walkeri, the Darwin hawkmoth, described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875, is found from Mexico south to Argentina.
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Clanis undulosa, the wavy velvet hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1879. The nominate subspecies is found in the southern Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula and north-eastern China, as far as south and west as Shaanxi and Hebei. South from Sichuan (Baoxing), Hubei, Jiangxi (Guling) and Zhejiang, it is replaced by ssp. gigantea, which ranges west to Nepal and south, through Thailand and Vietnam, to Peninsular Malaysia.
Hyles nervosa, the Ladakh hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is found in eastern Afghanistan, northern and western India, northern Pakistan and the extreme west of the Xizang province and Tibet.
Acosmeryx anceus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781, and it is known from India, New Guinea, and Queensland, Australia.
Acosmeryx naga is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1858, and is known from Japan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China and South-east Asia.
Acosmeryx omissa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903. It is known from south-east Asia, including Thailand.
Aleuron neglectum is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Langia zenzeroides, the apple hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1872.
Hemaris ottonis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Russian Far East, north-eastern China and the Korean Peninsula.
Hemaris alaiana, the Alai bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is known from the Alayskiy Khrebet, Tian Shan, Dzungarian Alatau, Saur and Altai mountains, from Tajikistan and eastern Kazakhstan to western Mongolia. The habitat consists of montane meadows and woodland glades rich in flowers, generally from 1,400 to 2,200 meters altitude.
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Cypoides chinensis is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
Marumba sperchius is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1857.
Kentrochrysalis consimilis is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.