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Updated as per Pinhey's Emperor Moths of South and South-Central Africa, 1972, April 21, 2006 Updated as per Bouyer's Catalogue of African Saturniidae, 1999, April 21, 2006 Updated as per The Natural History Museum website, April 21, 2006 Updated as per personal communication with Andreas Riekert, December 2010 Updated as per personal communication with Bill Garthe (76mm, East Aberdares, Kenya, November 2009); March 16, 2014 |
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TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
Wind Beneath My Wings |
In The Emperor Moths of Eastern Africa, Pinhey describes and depicts Leucopteryx ansorgei
with the forewing having two prominent, straight white lines, the one nearest the apex edged with red and convex near the apex, the one
nearest the body, wide and forming an isoceles triangle, with the costa and inner margin forming the equal sides toward the body.
The hindwing also has a prominent white band near the dark outer margin.
Pinhey also indicates ansorgei has been taken in Nairobi and Kitale, Kenya; and in Shinyanga, southeast of Lake Victoria in Tanzania.
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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.
According to Pinhey, 1972, "Leucopteryx" is from
the Greek language and
means "white-winged".
The species name, "ansorgei" is honourific for Dr. I. W. Ansorge.