Acosmeryx miskini (Murray, 1873) is a animal in the Sphingidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Acosmeryx miskini (Murray, 1873)

Acosmeryx miskini (Murray, 1873)

Acosmeryx miskini is a moth species with distinct wing and abdominal markings, found from New Guinea to northeastern Australia.

Family
Genus
Acosmeryx
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Acosmeryx miskini (Murray, 1873)

Acosmeryx miskini (Murray, 1873) has a wingspan of approximately 80 millimeters. Adult individuals of this species have blotchy brown forewings, rusty-red hindwings, and dark markings on each side of the abdomen. This species is distributed across the area ranging from New Guinea to north-eastern Australia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Sphingidae Acosmeryx

More from Sphingidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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