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The European Entomologist Vol. 3, No 3
Published: 23 March 2011
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Artificial hybridiyation between Anisota finlaysoni from Ontario and Anisota discolor from Texas (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Alejandro A. Balboa & Richard S. Peigler, Pages 121-131, Published: 23 March 2011
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A successful cross was reared between a male of Anisota discolor and a female of Anisota finlaysoni. The first three larval stages resembled those of A. finlaysoni, but the last two were remarkably intermediate in coloration and pattern. A total of 166 eggs hatched from the 194 that were laid, and 96 pupae were obtained. Only eight adult moths emerged (5 males, and 3 females) - all others died as pupae.
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Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 - Studien (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) 7. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Ulf Eitschberger & Tomáš Melichar, Pages 133-158, Published: 23 March 2011
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The results of a study of specimens of five taxa of the genus Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 in the collection of T. Melichar are reported. Three can be place to named species, and two are described as new: Psilogramma manjunatha spec. nov. from southern India, and Psilogramma bacanensis spec. nov. from the island of Bacan, Indonesia.
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Description de deux nouveaux Sphingidae du sud de la péninsule arabique (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) Jean Haxaire & Tomáš Melichar , Pages 159-168, Published: 23 March 2011
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Two new subspecies of Sphingidae from the Sultanate of Oman are here described Pseudoclanis molitor transversa n. ssp. and Nephele xylina rybari n. ssp. The first insect is also mentioned from the Republic of Yemen and SW Saudi Arabia.
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