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Updated as per Saturnafrica Fascicule #15, Basquin, March, 2013; January 30, 2014 Updated as per personal communication with Patrick Basquin, March 15, 2015 |
Maltagorea mariae male, Lakato Forest, SP Moramanga, Madagascar,
1100m, courtesy of Patrick Basquin.
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TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 |
"African Midi Music" |
This moth belongs in the rostaingi group.
Male ground colour is orange with some red brown suffusions in the median area. Basal and post median areas are a slightly paler orange without the darker suffusions. The forewing pm area lacks the pale pinkish white tracing the outer edge of the dark pm line as found in rostaingi. Instead there is a suffusion of pinkish white in the pm area just below the apex with same colour suffusuions surrounding the dark spots in the pm area.
The female is a much darker red-brown, with other markings/patterns similar to the male.
In the Lakato region this moth is sympatric with M. rostaingi and M. pseudomariae.
Visit Maltagorea rostaingi Group Comparison Plate.
Maltagorea mariae female, Lakato Forest, SP Moramanga, Madagascar,
1100m, courtesy of Patrick Basquin.
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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.
Mal from Malagassy Republic (Madagascar);
tago from Tagoropsis:
rea from Pseudantherea
The species name mariae is honourific for a woman named Marie-Jacqueline.