ACOSMERYX PSEUDOMISSA Mell, 1922 -- False common forest hawkmoth

Male Acosmeryx pseudomissa. Photo: © NHMUK

TAXONOMY

Acosmeryx pseudomissa Mell, 1922, Beitr. Fauna Sinica 2 (Biol. Syst. sudchin. Sphingiden): 230. Type locality: China, Kuangtung [Guangdong], 'Drachenkopf', [east of Shixing], 700m.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Faded resting adult of Acosmeryx pseudomissa, Thailand. Photo: © Ian Kitching.

ADULT BIOLOGY

Unknown.


FLIGHT-TIME

China: vii (Guangdong).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unrecorded.

LARVA: Unrecorded.

PUPA: Unrecorded.

Larval hostplants. Actinidia (Inoue, Kennett & Kitching, [1996] 1997).


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Guangdong (nr. Shixing); Hainan.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Malaysia (Peninsular), Thailand, southern China, Laos and Vietnam (Le & Vu, 2024).


Global distribution of Acosmeryx pseudomissa. Map: © NHMUK.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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