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]

Akbesia
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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

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

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The genus is named after the town of Akbez (near Hassa) in Turkey.

Subspecies

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  • Akbesia davidi davidi
  • Akbesia davidi gandhara de Freina & Geck, 2003 (Afghanistan)

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Akbesia Rothschild & Jordan. 1903". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.