Species Acosmeryx cinnamomea Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Museums

Regional Maps

• Enyo cinnamomea Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1869. 1850-[1869]. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. Regensburg : G.J. Manz 84+4 pp., 100+28 pls.

  Type data:

   Neotype MV (purchased from Godeffroy Museum, catalogue number 4975, see Moulds et al. (2020) for details), Rockhampton, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [53].

 

Generic Combinations

• Acosmeryx cinnamomea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869). —
  Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [648] (new combination)

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Acosmeryx anceus Stoll, 1781 [a misidentification]. —
  Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae Supplement 9: i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67 [529] (as junior synonym of A. anceus anceus)

 

Introduction

Removed from synonymy with A. anceus anceus (Stoll 1781) by Moulds et al. based on morphology and molecular evidence presented in Rougerie et al. (2014)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest WA to East Arnhem, NT, and north and eastern QLD from Torres Strait, through eastern NSW to NE corner of VIC; New Guinea, see Moulds et al. (2020) for more details

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

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. [52]

Rougerie, R., Kitching, I.J., Haxaire, J., Miller, S.E., Hausmann, A. & Veronicart P.D.N. 2014. Australian Sphingidae – DNA barcodes challenge current species boundaries and distributions. PloS ONE 9(7),. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 9(7) [e101108]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	Macroglossinae	07-Sep-2020	ADDED