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Die Raupe eines weiteren Vertreters von Meganoton Boisduval, [1875] aus Kabai Spean, Kambodscha (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2023
Authors:B. Dvořák
Journal:Entomologische Zeitschrift
Volume:133
Issue:2
Start Page:77
Pagination:77-79
Keywords:CAMBODIA, IMMATURE STAGES, MEGANOTON, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1
Abstract:

"A Siem Reap hotel team's advertising photograph taken in the forest near the Cambodian city of Kabai Spean shows a grown-up caterpillar obviously belonging to Meganoton. A few details in the coloration, pattern and physiognomy differing from those in M. nyctiphanes (WALKER, 1856), which will be discussed by a sketch, seem to indicate a further representative of this oriental hawk-moth genus."

STI taxonomic comments: 
The larva in question is a mature Meganoton nyctiphanes in pre-pupal coloration, hence the slight differences, particularly the strong bluish tone.
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