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Post by civix001 on May 22, 2018 9:26:11 GMT -8
Hello, here is an Orthogonioptilum luminosum female from cameroun. Not usually seen but so beautiful. Quite a mimetic leaf  Thanks |
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Post by T.C. on May 22, 2018 11:40:20 GMT -8
Neat.
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Post by africaone on May 24, 2018 6:49:12 GMT -8
it is one of my favorites in African Saturniidae ...  an very delicate moth. |
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Post by trehopr1 on May 26, 2018 17:59:39 GMT -8
A very cool species of Saturniid. Very nice specimen! Have seen a few of these here and there being offered for sale but, no luck yet for me getting one as I was outbid twice on the examples I wanted. A dealer whom I know had a nice one like yours which he managed to get from some dealer in Europe but, again he wanted more than a hundred bucks + for it and I just could'nt justify the expense. Some day...
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Post by robert61 on May 28, 2018 10:43:49 GMT -8
a similar one, but from Brazil Neocarnegai basirei  |
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Post by africaone on May 28, 2018 12:32:45 GMT -8
Neocarnegia refers to Carnegia luminosa the first name given of O. luminosum that was transferred after to the genus Orthogonioptilum.
In a systematic point of vue Neocarnegia and Carnegia have nothing to do, not being in the same subfamilies. A pure convergence.
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Post by Adam Cotton on May 29, 2018 0:31:38 GMT -8
It seems that the correct spelling of the genus name is NeoRcarnegia [my capitalisation for emphasis], not Neocarnegia, and also not Neocarnegai. See Naumann (2006) here: www.zobodat.at/pdf/NEVA_27_0197-0200.pdfAdam. |
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an very delicate moth.
