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Updated as per Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 38 (4): 169–180 (2017); courtesy of Stefan Naumann; December 22, 2018 |
Saturnia (Rinaca) thibetomima HT male, Bato Mtn., Quang Ngai, Vietnam,
133mm, 1200m, November 2014, courtesy of Stefan Naumann
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
DISTRIBUTION:Saturnia (Rinaca) thibetomima (wingspan: males apprx. 133 mm; females: mm // mfwl: 62-69mm; ffwl: ), is native to southern and central Vietnam: Quang Ngai: Bato Mt., 950-1200m HT; Da Nang: Hoa Vang: Ba Na Mtn., 1450m; Lam Dong: Da Lat, November 2013."Ground colour whitish ochreous brown, with several shades of grey, with all typical pattern elements of the complex of S. (R.) thibeta, such as dark antemedian line, several zigzag lines in median and postmedian areas of Fw. and Hw., and purplish pink basal part of the upper Hw. Fw. antemedian line almost straight, of purplish colour; median area in costal half greyish, with ovoid Fw. ocellus; postmedian area reddish brown, Fw. apex rounded and prominent, the costal apical black patch large. Hw. ornamentation of intense purplish pink colour, central Hw. ocellus almost rounded; postmedian area intensively speckled reddish brown." "The new species differs from the subhimalayan populations, e.g. from northern Vietnam, by its little smaller size in general, the more slender Fw. apex (in ??) with prominent black patch, the more intense colouration (especially the upper Hw. pink parts and ventral Fw. and Hw. postmedian areas), and more ovoid shaped Fw. and Hw. ocelli."
Saturnia (Rinaca) thibetomima HT male (verso), Bato Mtn., Quang Ngai, Vietnam, FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:Saturnia (Rinaca) thibetomima fly in the fall: November-December.There may or may not be additional flight months.
Saturnia (Rinaca) thibetomima AT female, Bato Mtn., Quang Ngai, Vietnam,
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Saturnia (Rinaca) thibetomima AT female (verso), Bato Mtn., Quang Ngai, Vietnam,
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
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