Paradaemonia balsasensis cearaiana
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Brechlin & Meister, 2012
Paradaemonia balsasensis cearaiana male, 100mm, Ceara, Brazil,
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TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"The.Girl.from.Ipanema"
midi by Mel WebbON.OFF |
DISTRIBUTION:
Paradaemonia balsasensis cearaiana (wingspan: males: 100mm; females; unknown // Mfwl: 56-57mm; Ffwl: ) flies
in
Brazil: Ceara at elevations of approximately 750m.
Ground colour is orangey-brown.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Specimens have been taken in february. There are probably additional flight months.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Paradaemonia balsasensis cearaiana males use their antennae to seek out females which scent at night.
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Larval Food Plants
It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.
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.
Some of the early describers/namers chose genus and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more often, they simply chose
names from Greek or Roman mythology or history. Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye",
honour a contempory friend/collector/etc.
I do not know the source of the genus name "Paradaemonia" chosen by Bouvier in 1925. It could be because these moths are so similar to
"Dysdaemonia", a combination meaning 'bad spirit'.
The species/subspecies name "balsasensis cearaiana" is indicative of a strong similarity to P. balsasensis and a specimen type location in Ceara, Brazil.
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