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Akbesia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Akbesia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 173 (key), 191, TS: Smerinthus davidi
Akbesia, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Akbesia (Ambulycini) ; [HMW, 17]

Akbesia davidi (Oberthür, 1884)
Asia Minor, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan. See [About maps] Smerinthus davidi Oberthür, 1884; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1884: 12, TL: Asia Minor
Akbesia davidi, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Akbesia davidi ; [HMW]

Larva on Pistacia atlantica [Tony Pittaway]



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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[HMW]
Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
[Tony Pittaway]
WWW pages; Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)


Some related literature:
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 1-972, 67pls


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