Micracosmeryx

Micracosmeryx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Rudolf Mell in 1922. Its only species, Micracosmeryx chaochauensis, described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1922, is known from southern China and northern Vietnam.[2]

Micracosmeryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Subfamily:
Macroglossinae
Genus:
Micracosmeryx

Mell, 1922
Species:
M. chaochauensis
Binomial name
Micracosmeryx chaochauensis
(Clark, 1922)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gurelca chaochauensis Clark, 1922
  • Micracosmeryx macroglossoides Mell, 1922

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Micracosmeryx chaochauensis (Clark, 1922)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.


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