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The European Entomologist Vol. 4, No 2 Published: 30 July 2012 Subscribe

Note sur les genres Ceratomia Harris, 1839, et Dolbogene Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, au Mexique,et description de Ceratomia mooseri sp. n. et Ceratomia paltingi sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) Jean Haxaire 1 & Tomas Melichar 2, Pages 65-86, Published: 30 July 2012

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We describe here two new species of the genus Ceratomia, C. mooseri n. sp. based on three specimens collected in the State of Jalisco, and C. paltingi sp. n. based on a small series collected in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. The habitus and male genitalia of these insects are compared with those of three allied species, C. hoffmanni Mooser, 1942, C. sonorensis Hodges, 1971, and C. undulosa (Walker, 1856). The sequencing of the mitochondrial gene CO1 clearly shows these insects are isolated from other species (barcoded) of the genus and reinforces our descriptions. The validity of the Texan subspecies, Ceratonia undulosa polingi Clark, 1929, is discussed. The caterpillar of Dolbogene hartwegii (Butler, 1875) is illustrated for the first time and its host plant identified : TECOMA STANS, Bignoniaceae.

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Note sur les Theretra du groupe cajus (Cramer, 1777) avec description de deux nouvelles especes Jean Haxaire1 & Tomas Melichar2, Pages 87-106, Published: 30 July 2012

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The authors report on the species of the Theretra cajus group. They clarify the taxonomy and distributions of four described species and describe a further two as new, one from Central African Republic and the other from Tanzania and Mozambique. Theretra monteironis ugandae Clark, 1923, currently treated as a synonym of T. monteironis, is reinstated to species status. The habitus of the seven species are presented, and also the results of the sequencing of the mitochondrial gene CO1 (Barcoding).

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A review of the hawk moth genus Hopliocnema Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 with the description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) James P. Tuttle 1, Max S. Moulds 2 & David A. Lane 3, Pages 107-119, Published: 30 July 2012

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Hopliocnema ochra sp. n. and H. lacunosa sp. n. are described as new species from Australia. The adults of both species are figured, distinguished from the more broadly distributed H. brachycera LOWER and diagnostically compared to one another.

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