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Updated as per Rev. Bras. Zool. v.24 n.4 Curitiba dez. 2007 Updated as per Rio Grande do Sul: Arsenurinae and Ceratocampinae; April 25, 2013 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"The.Girl.from.Ipanema"
midi by Mel WebbON.OFF |
This moth is closely related to the Paradaemonia castanea (Rothschild, 1907) of Costa Rica and Peru, and P. platydesmia (Rothschild, 1907) of Amazonas region of South America group.
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 "meridionalis" is indicative of location arond the Meridion.
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