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Acosmeryx miskini

Acosmeryx miskini
Acosmeryx miskini MHNT CUT 2010 0 139 Wau New Guinea male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal
Acosmeryx miskini MHNT CUT 2010 0 139 Wau New Guinea male ventral.jpg
Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Acosmeryx
Species: A. miskini
Binomial name
Acosmeryx miskini
(Murray, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Daphnusa miskini Murray, 1873

Acosmeryx miskini is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Murray in 1873.

Species is known from New Guinea to north-eastern Australia.

The wingspan is about 80 mm. Adults have blotchy brown forewings and rusty-red hindwings, and dark marks each side of the abdomen.

Female Dorsal

Female Ventral



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