Akbesia
Genus of moths
Akbesia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Akbesia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
Species: | A. davidi |
Binomial name | |
Akbesia davidi (Oberthür, 1884)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Smerinthus davidi Oberthür, 1884 |
Akbesia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Akbesia davidi, the pistacia hawkmoth, was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1884.[2]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Pistacia atlantica and terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus). Larvae have also been reared on Cotinus coggygria and Rhus coriaria.
Etymology
The genus is named after the town of Akbez (near Hassa) in Turkey.
Subspecies
- Akbesia davidi davidi
- Akbesia davidi gandhara de Freina & Geck, 2003 (Afghanistan)