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The European Entomologist Vol. 1, No 3-4
Published: 15 February 2009
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Description of a further new species of Dahira Moore, 1888: D. marisae sp. n. from Bhutan (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) Hermann Schnitzler 1 & Dieter Stüning 2, Pages 75-78, Published: 15 February 2009
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The authors describe a new species of the genus Dahira Moore, 1888, based on a single female collected in Bhutan. It is compared with the allied species D. plutenkoi (Brechlin, 2000), D. kitchingi (Brechlin, 2000), D. yunlongensis (Brechlin, 2000), D. bruno (Bryk,1944) and D. pinratanai (Cadiou, 1991).
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Un nouveau Sphingidae asiatique: Daphnusa zythum sp. n. (Lepidoptera Sphingidae) Jean Haxaire 1 et Tomás¹ Melichar 2, Pages 79-86, Published: 15 February 2009
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The authors describe a new species of Dapnusa Walker, 1856 from the Siberut island. Habitus of both sexe as well as male genitalia of the moth are here illustrated.
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Description of two new species of Saturniidae from Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Daniel Herbin, Pages 87-94, Published: 15 February 2009
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Two new species of Saturniidae from Mexico are described, one in the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 and one in the genus Automeris Hübner, 1819. The male holotypes are illustrated in colour and the male genitalia are figured.
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Description d'un nouveau Sphingidae néotropical, Xylophanes crenulata (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) Thierry Vaglia 1 et Jean Haxaire 2, Pages 95-102, Published: 15 February 2009
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Xylophanes crenulata n. sp. is described from a series of specimens collected in low elevation biotopes in eastern Paraguay and northern Argentina. The new species is compared with Xylophanes ceratomioides (Grote & Robinson, 1866).
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Description d'un nouveau Sphingidae des Andes orientales, Xylophanes alexandrei (Lepidoptera Sphingidae) Thierry Vaglia 1 et Jean Haxaire 2, Pages 103-110, Published: 15 February 2009
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Xylophanes alexandrei n. sp. is described from a series of specimens collected mostly from the Andean Cordillera Oriental in the Huanuco region of Peru. This species is closely related to Xylophanes rhodochlora (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) and Xylophanes huloti Haxaire & Vaglia, 2008. The validity of this new species is confirmed by COI sequence analysis.
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Un nouveau Sphingidae d'Ethiopie: Rufoclanis numosae rostislavi ssp. n. (Lepidoptera Sphingidae) Jean Haxaire 1 et Tomás¹ Melichar 2, Pages 111-115, Published: 15 February 2009
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A new subspecies of Rufoclanis numosae (Wallengren, 1860), restricted to southern Ethiopia, is described. The habitus and male genitalia of the new subspecies are illustrated and compared with those of Rufoclanis numosae numosae and Rufoclanis numosae subjectus (Walker, 1869).
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