Acosmeryx miskini

Description

Acosmeryx miskini is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Richard Paget Murray in 1873. Species is known from New Guinea to north-eastern Australia. The wingspan is about 80 mm. Adults have blotchy brown forewings and rusty-red hindwings, and dark marks each side of the abdomen. Acosmeryx is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Macroglossinae of the pintail family (Sphingidae).