Paradaemonia orsilochus
pair-uh-day-MOH-nee-uhMor-sih-LOH-kus
(Maassen, 1869)
(Aricia)
Paradaemonia orsilochus, male, Brazil,
courtesy of Carlos Mielke copyright.
Paradaemonia orsilochus/berlai, Capim Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
July 18, 2016, Patricia De Mendonca Goncalves, tentative 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 orsilochus (wingspan: males: 130-145mm; females: 112-152mm) flies in southeastern Brazil: Parana (CM), Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina; Minas Gerais (PDMG).
This large, dark brown species is similar to P. andensis, but the postmedian line components remain fused from the inner margin to M1 instead of to M3. There are usually coppery brown markings in the terminal areas of the forewings.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Patricia De Mendonca Goncalves reports a July flight in Capim Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Paradaemonia orsilochus 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 "orsilochus" is from Orsilochus, a military figure in Homer's Iliad.
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