Fernando
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Post by Fernando on May 21, 2012 11:19:32 GMT -8
Dear people, Please help with the id of this one (sorry if the picture is not optimal):  Thanks in advance! |
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Post by oehlkew on May 31, 2012 8:55:02 GMT -8
Fernando,
I am pretty sure you have an undescribed species. It appears most similar to Catacantha genus or even some Hylesia species, but it is not even a close match for anything named in those two genera.
Bill Oehlke
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Post by africaone on May 31, 2012 22:34:11 GMT -8
it seems the new described genus Mexicantha (in Neva 32 (3/4), 2012 : 117 by Naumann, Nassig and Nogueira) that contains 2 species - oaxacana (Cerro del Vidrio) (2 males known only) - garciorum (San Jose del Pacifico) (1 female only) by Brechlin and Meister, 2012 the two were described on different sexes  As there are only three known specimens of this genus, it seems you caught a real gem !  |
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Post by oehlkew on Jun 1, 2012 4:36:04 GMT -8
Thanks, Thierry.
Wikispecies lists it as new for Tortricidae Family.
Do any of the 2012 authors treat the newly described moths as Saturniidae species?
Familia: Tortricidae
Subfamilia: Olethreutinae
Tribus: Olethreutini
Genus: Mexicantha
Species: (2):
M. garciorum - M. oaxacana
Bill Oehlke
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Post by africaone on Jun 1, 2012 5:08:25 GMT -8
of course Bill all the names cited are saturniid specialist  and the genus/species are correctly included in Bold under Hemileucinae |
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Post by africaone on Jun 4, 2012 5:33:04 GMT -8
Fernando
from where is your male ?
is it from cero del Vidrio ?
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Post by Fernando on Jun 5, 2012 7:25:27 GMT -8
WOW, I hadn't seen the replies to this thread, I am so sorry. Yes! It is exactly from Cerro del Vidrio. And actually, I caught not one, but TWO of these |
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