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Updated as per Heppner's Checklist: Part 4B 1996, January 1, 2005 Updated as per Lemaire's Attacidae 1978, January 3, 2006 Polillas Saturnidas de Colombia, 1997, Angela R. Amarillo-S., January 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Rodrigo Torres Nunez (Cundinamarca, Colombia, April 2008): January 30, 2011 Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 5 Heft 3 30.11.2012; March 13, 2013 |
Rothschidia aricia aricia male, Venezuela,
courtesy of Eric van Schayck.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"Girl from Ipanema"
midi by Mel WebbON.OFF |
Rothschildia aricia xanthina, Colombia, courtesy of Rodrigo Torres Nunez,
120mm, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
The "Aricia Group" now (2012) consists of the following species:
aricia aricia; Colombia and northwestern Venezuela: Merida, Trujillo, Aragua, Carabobo, Yaracuy;
aricia napoecuadoriana; Ecuador: Napo, Morona Santiago;
aricia ariciopichinchensis; Ecuador: Pichincha;
interaricia; Peru: Huanuco, Pasco, Junin, Amazonas;
xanthina xanthina; Peru: Cusco;
xanthina paraxanthina; Bolivia: Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, La Paz.
Members of this group may be hard to determine by just looking at images. Geography might be the best indicator.
Rodrigo Torres Nunez reports an April 18, 2008, flight in Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Rothschildia aricia aricia female, Cundinamarca, Colombia,
155mm, April 18, 2008, courtesy of Rodrigo Torres Nunez.
There are both inner and outer cocoons, each with a relatively long valve to facilitate eclosions.
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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. 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.
The genus name "Rothschildia" probably was chosen to honour W. Rothschild.
The species name "aricia" comes from mythology. Aricia is a minor goddess who ruled the prophetic visions sometimes experienced in wild places far from human
habitation.