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Acosmeryx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilySphingidae
Observations recorded8,407

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
28
Family
Sphingidae
Collections
DMNS, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), USNM, FMNH, CASC, MNHN
Recorded in
Vietnam, Brazil, Papua New Guinea

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Acosmeryx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.

==Species== Acosmeryx acteus Pagenstecher, 1898 Acosmeryx anceoides Boisduval, 1875 Acosmeryx anceus (Stoll, 1781) Acosmeryx beatae Cadiou, 2005 Acosmeryx castanea Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Acosmeryx formosana (Matsumura, 1927) Acosmeryx miskini (Murray, 1873) Acosmeryx miskinoides Vaglia & Haxaire, 2007 Acosmeryx naga (Moore, 1858) Acosmeryx omissa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Acosmeryx pseudomissa Mell, 1922 Acosmeryx pseudonaga Butler, 1881 Acosmeryx sericeus (Walker, 1856) Acosmeryx shervillii Boisduval, 1875 Acosmeryx sinjaevi Brechlin & Kitching, 1996 Acosmeryx socrates Boisduval, 1875 Acosmeryx tenggarensis Brechlin & Kitching, 2007

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