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Updated as per Lemaire's Arsenurinae 1980, November 5, 2005 Updated as per personal communication with Horst Kach (Hollin, Napo, Ecuador, July 2008), November 2008 |
Rhescyntis descimoni courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
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Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"The.Girl.from.Ipanema" |
Broad dorsal and ventral coppery patches on a dull brown rather than olive brown ground colour distinguish this species from hermes. The antemedial line on the hindwings is very distinctive and the postmedial line is missing between the costa and M1. The forewing apex is greatly extended and blunt.
Rhescyntis descimoni male, Hollin, Napo, Ecuador,
July 1, 2008, 1000m, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Rhescyntis descimoni male (verso), Hollin, Napo, Ecuador,
July 1, 2008, 1000m, courtesy of Horst Kach.
Larval hosts are unknown.
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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.
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 'Rhescyntis' chosen by Hubner in 1819.
The species name 'descimoni' is honourific for H. Descimon.