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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 26, 2006 Updated as per personal communication with Bernhard Wenczel, July 9, 2012 |
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Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
Forewing white discal spots tend to be large and median area is in strong contrast to rest of wing.
Bernhard Wenczel writes of the male, female and larval images orignally submitted by himself as pescadori:
"I’ve just checked the Syssphinx page, because there emerge some moths from a breed we did from some Oaxaca eggs – see the first pic. According to Lemaire’s book our earlier bred S. pescadori can’t be S. pescadori. because they came from the same location near San Gabriel de Mixtepec / Oaxaca which is far south from the spot Lemaire got his specimens of S. pescadori, while San Gabriel is located in the centre of S. quadrilineata’s Mexican distribution area! As for the pattern, shape and colors there’s no difference between the two species – just by the genitalia and their range.
"Considering this, I’m convinced the bug I’ve labeled as S. pescadori in fact is S. quadrilineata and we just did another rearing – which was a nice and quick one."
I have placed the previous images submitted by Bernhard and Viktor, as well as the new image, to the S. quadrilineata page.
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The pronunciation of scientific names is
troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is
merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly
accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some
fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.
The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages,
are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal
ears as they read.
There are many collectors from different countries whose
intonations and accents would be different.
The species name
"pescadori" is honourific for Pescador.