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A new species, Acosmeryx haxairei n. sp., is described from the Malaysian State of Sabah on the island of Borneo. It is compared to its most closely related species, Acosmeryx pseudomissa Mell, 1922.
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The distribution of Rhypotoses drepanioides Kishida, 1995, is extended to the Kumaon Himalaya, India, its larval food plant (Quercus floribunda) reported and the final instar of the larva described.
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The genus Sphingonaepiopsis Wallengren, 1858, in the Palaearctic is reviewed. In addition to the two presently recognized species, Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades (Hübner, [1819]) and Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis (Graeser, 1892), two further species are described on the basis of differences in the habitus and male genitalia: Sphingonaepiopsis asiatica sp. nov. and Sphingonaepiopsis gurkoi sp. nov.
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The author describes Xylophanes mariae n. sp. from central Peru and Griseosphinx collardi sp. n. from Laos.
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The male of Automeris despicata Draudt, 1929, is described, based upon specimens from Ecuador, French Guiana and Peru previously incorrectly identified as A. duchartrei Bouvier, 1936. A. santaclariana Brechlin & Meister, 2011, is synonymyzed with A. despicata Draudt, 1929.
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