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Updated as per Witt Museum Lists January 2012 Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), January 2012 Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 5 Heft 3 30.11.2012; March 13, 2013 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"Someone to Watch Over Me" |
Rothschildia aricia napoecuadoriana male,
courtesy of Kirby Wolfe, id by Bill Oehlke.
Members of this group may be hard to determine by just looking at images. Geography might be the best indicator.
Foodplants are unknown.
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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.
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.
"Rothschildia" is chosen to honour one of the Rothschilds, possibly William.
The species name "aricia napoecuadoriana" is indicative of great similarity to R. aricia with a specimen type in Cosanga, Napo, Ecuador.
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