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First record of Toulgoetarctia nigripuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Brazil [PDF]
This note reports the first record of Toulgoetarctia nigripuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1918) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Brazil. The specimens was found in the Amazônia National Park, Pará state, Eastern Amazon.
José Augusto Teston
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Arctiinae (lepidoptera: Erebidae) No Estado Do Rio De Janeiro, Brasil [PDF]
This study describes the composition and distribution of the Arctiinae species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in Rio de Janeiro, generating the first list of Arctiinae species in the state.
Nascimento M.S. +2 more
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EENY479, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Clare Scott, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this lichen moth common in the Neotropics — synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, hosts, and mimicry.
Clare Scott
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Herein Barsine podbolotskayae sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) is described from Flores Island, Lesser Sunda Archipelago, Indonesia. This local endemic species externally resembles Barsine exclusa Butler, 1877 from Sundaland and the Andaman ...
Vitaliy M. Spitsyn, Ivan N. Bolotov
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First record of two species of Gorgonidia Dyar, 1898 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Brazil [PDF]
This note reports the first record of Gorgonidia vulcania Toulgoët, 1987 and G. whitfordi (Rothschild, 1909) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Brazil. The specimens were found in the Tapajós National Forest, Pará state, Eastern Amazon.
José Teston, Margarida Freitas
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Acoustic Aposematism and Evasive Action in Select Chemically Defended Arctiine (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) Species: Nonchalant or Not? [PDF]
Tiger moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae) have experienced intense selective pressure from echolocating, insectivorous bats for over 65 million years. One outcome has been the evolution of acoustic signals that advertise the presence of toxins sequestered from ...
Nicolas J Dowdy, William E Conner
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Estudio preliminar de los Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) del departamento de Arequipa, Perú
Se presenta una lista preliminar y la diagnosis de las especies de Arctiinae de Arequipa. Se propone a Amastus pallescens como nuevo sinónimo de Amastus cellularis. Por primera vez se da a conocer la hembra de A. cellularis.
Juan Grados +4 more
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The hostplant, Schinus molle L. (Anacardiaceae) and the last instar of the Arctiinae Amastus walkeri (Rothschild, 1922) are reported for the first time.
J. Grados +3 more
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In this note we report the first record of Borearctia menetriesii (Eversmann, 1846) (Erebidae: Arctiinae) larva on a native host plant, Aconitum rubicundum Fischer (Ranunculaceae). This aconite species is a close relative of A.
Oleg E. Berlov, Ivan Bolotov
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Figure 1. Exemplar Adult Arctiinae
Members of Arctiinae exhibit a diverse array of visual patterns, including cryptic coloration (A; Lophocampa maculata), highly contrasting aposematic coloration (B, Tyria jacobaeae), clear-winged wasp mimicry (C; Dasysphinx volatilis), and butterfly ...
Nicolas Dowdy (783303)
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