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Jacaranda copaia (Bignoniaceae) als Futterpflanze einer noch nicht bestimmten neotropischen Schwärmerart (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2017
Authors:B. Dvořák
Journal:Entomologische Zeitschrift
Volume:127
Issue:1
Start Page:55
Pagination:55-57
Keywords:ECUADOR, FOODPLANT, IMMATURE STAGES, MANDUCA, PERU, SPHINGIDAE
Abstract:

"After the appearing of the contribution about three neotropic species of hawkmoth caterpillars difficult to define (Dvořák 2016) in the June edition of Entomologische Zeitschrift, some new information on the presented animals could be acquired; whereas the caterpillars from Mexico could be associated to the rarely found species Sphinx leucopheata Clemens, 1859 and the animals found in Ecuadorian high mountains could eventually belong to a species of Euryglottis Boisduval, 1875 (Kitching 2016), the unusually colourful specimens from the Ecuadorian and Peruvian lowland forest still remain a puzzle. Nevertheless, a lucky coincidence enabled me to exactly define the food-plant of this species in the meantime."

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