Species Acosmeryx anceus (Stoll, 1781)

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Introduction

Five subspecies of Acosmeryx anceusare are currently recognised, only A. anceus anceus is recorded from Australia (see Brechlin, 2014, and Moulds et al. 2020)

Distribution

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Queensland

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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Brechlin, R. 2014. Vier neue unterarten von Acosmeryx anceus (Stoll, 1781) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomo-Satsphingia [ISSN 1866-7384] 7(2): 29-35

Moulds, M.S., Tuttle, J.P. & Lane, D.A. 2020. Hawkmoths of Australia: Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 13 pp. i-x, 1-414. [49]

Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [268] (Note #497: Acosmeryx anceus (Stog, 1781) was also originally spelled A. ancetus (Stoll, 1781) in the index. A. ancems (Stoll) was used by Hübner [1816-1825] in [1819] but he is not the first reviser as he did not mention both original spellings. Note #498: Acosmeryx cinerea Butler, March 1875 has long been considered a junior subjective synonym of A. anceus (Stoll, 1781) but Holloway (1987) showed that it is a junior subjective synonym of A. shervillii Boisduval, Feb. 1875)

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