Acosmeryx miskini (Murray, 1873)
(previously known as: Daphnusa miskini)
MACROGLOSSINAE, SPHINGIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 21 February 2006)


(Photo: courtesy of Ric Nattrass, Bellbird Park, Ipswich)

This specimen was photographed after emergence from the pupa which was found under some timber under a house.


The adult moths of this species have blotchy brown forewings and rusty-red hindwings, and dark marks each side of the abdomen. The wingspan is about 8 cms.


(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The species occurs in

  • New Guinea, and
  • Queensland, Australia.

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