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Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 4 Heft 3 23.08.2011; January 29, 2012
Updated as per Dan Janzen website (Costa Rica); January 29, 2012 Updated as per personal communication with Jean-Michael Maes, Nicaragua; January 302, 2012 |
Eacles masoni centramericana male, Costa Rica,
courtesy of Dan Janzen, id by Bill Oehlke
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
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Dan Janzen indicates that in Costa Rica this species flies only in rain forest areas.
The Costa Rican moths, depicted on this page, are listed on Dan Janzen's website as Eacles masoni, without a subspecies designation. I have added the subspecies "centralamericana", based on new classifications by Brechlin & Meister, 2011, of specimens from Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Bill Oehlke
Eacles masoni centramericana male (verso), Costa Rica,
114mm, courtesy of Dan Janzen, id by Bill Oehlke
Eacles masoni centramericana female, Costa Rica,
courtesy of Dan Janzen, id by Bill Oehlke
Eacles masoni centramericana female (verso), Costa Rica,
courtesy of Dan Janzen, id by Bill Oehlke
Semi-translucent green eggs, girdled with a black band, are deposited singly or in small clusters of up to six. The larvae become visible through the egg shells a day or so before emerging.Larvae are solitary in their feeding habits. At maturity larvae descend trees to pupate in underground chambers.
Larval Food PlantsIt 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 "Eacles", but it may be a combination of
"Ea", the Greek word for gods and goddesses and the Greek
suffix "cles", meaning 'glory of'.
The species name "centralamericana" is indicative of a specimen type location in Central America: Nicaragua.
Eacles masoni centralmericana male, Alto del Valle, Panama, |