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Updated as per personal communication with Jean Haxaire Updated as per personal communication with Manual Balcazar-Lara Updated as per CATE Sphingidae (Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico); August 8, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Hubert Mayer (Patla, Puebla, Mexico; July); August 8, 2011 Updated as per personal comunication with Vladim Kroutov (Veracruz, Mexico, male and female; recto and verso images); June 16, 2014 |
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Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Sphingoidea, Dyar, 1902 |
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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.
José Oiticica Filho (1906 - 1964), the French entomologist/photographer who assigned the genus name, Adhemarius, possibly chose the name from Adhemarus, the fifth and last of the old counts of Querci (Verdun, France) who died in 880 AD.
The species name, mexicana, recognizes the specimen type locality, Mexico.
Adhemarius mexicanus, Mexico, courtesy of Hubert Mayer copyright.
Adhemarius mexicanus male, Veracruz, Mexico,
courtesy of Vadim Kroutov
Adhemarius mexicanus, Mexico, courtesy of Manuel Balcazar-Lara.
Adhemarius mexicanus female, Veracruz, Mexico,
courtesy of Vadim Kroutov
Adhemarius mexicanus Pair, Veracruz, Mexico,
courtesy of Vadim Kroutov
Adhemarius mexicanus Pair (verso), Veracruz, Mexico,
courtesy of Vadim Kroutov
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