Paradaemonia winbrechlini
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Brechlin & Meister, 2012
Paradaemonia winbrechlini male, Chiapas, Mexico,
June 15, 2006, courtesy of John Kamps, id correction by Bill Oehlke.
Paradaemonia winbrechlini male,
Las Nubes, Municipio de Maravilla Tenejapa, Chiapas, Mexico,
June 16, 2014, 400m, courtesy of Sergio Pedrero, id by Bill Oehlke.
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Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"The.Girl.from.Ipanema"
midi by Mel WebbON.OFF |
DISTRIBUTION:
Paradaemonia winbrechlini (wingspan: males: 128mm; females; 124mm // Mfwl: 67-70mm; Ffwl: 65mm) flies
in
Mexico: Chiapas; at elevations of 309-880m.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
John Kamps reports a June flight in Chiapas, Mexico. There are probably additional flight months. May and July have also been reported as flight months.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Paradaemonia winbrechlini 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.
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 "Paradaemonia" chosen by Bouvier in 1925. It could be because these moths are so similar to
"Dysdaemonia", a combination meaning 'bad spirit'.
The species name "winbrechlini" is honourific for Dr. Winfried Brechlin, father of Ron Brechlin.
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