DISTRIBUTION:

Rhescyntis reducta (wingspan: males: 104mm; females: 104mm) flies in Serra do Penitente, Balsas, MA, Brazil: Maranhao.

Rhescyntis reducta male, Feira Nova do Maranhao, Maranhao, Brazil,
October 30, 2011, courtesy of Elyana Joerke, via husband Carlos Mielke.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths are on the wing in January-February and again in Ocotber-November (EJ/CM).

Rhescyntis reducta female, Serra do Penitente, Balsas, MA, Brazil,
courtesy of Carlos Mielke, copyright

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Rhescyntis reducta 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.

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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 'reducta' is chosen for the relatively small (reduced) size of this species. (Carlos Mielke)

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