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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2013 20:45:56 GMT -8
Here is one I really am baffled over. It is from Panama and I don't yet have the measurements. Would appreciate any ID assistance. Attachments:
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Post by thanos on Jan 17, 2013 22:52:55 GMT -8
Sorry to say that your collecting data is wrong. This is a male of Opodiphthera helena and can't come from Panama, but from Australia.
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Post by steve on Jan 18, 2013 0:34:45 GMT -8
I agree Thanos. How did it purport to come from Panama?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2013 4:54:02 GMT -8
Thanks Thanos and Steve. I, too, was thinking along the same lines. How it was labelled as from Panama is what was perplexing about it. My best guess is that it may have been reared in Panama and the breeder forgot to list from where the parent stock came from  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2013 5:53:14 GMT -8
Highly unlikely that anyone in Panama is rearing Opodiphthera helena.
Maybe there is a typing mistake, and it could mean to be some locality in Australia.
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Post by lepidofrance on Jan 18, 2013 7:42:25 GMT -8
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Post by boogtwo on Jan 18, 2013 9:03:38 GMT -8
Hope you can contact who supplied it and get it's correct data confirmed. A specimen without correct data is pretty much considered worthless by most folks.
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Post by steve on Jan 18, 2013 18:33:20 GMT -8
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Post by thanos on Jan 18, 2013 20:04:02 GMT -8
No, it's helena.
Note: There is an area in N. Qld called 'Paluma' (quite close to 'Panama' in spelling), but from there it should be eucalypti. O. helena occurs in C. and S. Qld as far as I know (in S. Qld eucalypti occurs, too). But Bill's male morphologically fits to helena.
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Post by wingedwishes on Jan 22, 2013 18:57:27 GMT -8
New South Wales has a Parramatta near the East coast. Midway between Adelaide and Melbourne is a Penola. If the double r in Parramatta smudged then it could look like an n resulting in Panamatta. Just speculation though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 21:24:39 GMT -8
Thanks thanos and wingedwishes. Your ideas do indeed provide food for thought. I'll see if I can contact the seller and see if the original label is around. Your insights into the location are both plausible and appreciated  |
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