Species Acosmeryx miskini (Murray, 1873)
- Acosmeryx sericeus Miskin, W.H. 1891. A revision of the Australian Sphingidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 8: 1-28.
- Acosmeryx brooksi Clark, B.P. 1922. Twenty-five new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club, Boston 8: 1-23.
Generic Combinations
- Acosmeryx miskini (Murray, 1873). —
Butler, A.G. 1876. Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9(3): 511-644, pls 90-94 [544] (new combination)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
From Windsor Tableland and Cape Tribulation through eastern QLD and NSW to Wollongong
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
General References
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 #499: Acosmeryx brooksi Clark, 1922 was described as a subspecies of A. miskini (Murray, 1873). Holloway (1987) showed that it is a junior subjective synonym of A. shervillii Boisduval, 1875)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2024 | Macroglossinae | 08-Sep-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Dec-2014 | SPHINGIDAE | 20-Jul-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |