Thysania agrippina

[Pierre Zagatti]

Charles Gavette wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Chris, for the info. The site at
> http:www.kn-online.de/htm/dauer/freizeit/tierparks/c-friedr.htm states that
> it has a wingspan of 32 cm. (See under 'Der GroBte'). It is a shame that
> nothing seems known of its life cycle. It also seems that there is no
> reproduction of the world's largest moth  available on the internet.
> 

OK Charles, I've put two images of Thysania agrippina on the web
(thysania.jpg = 146 Ko, thysani2.jpg = 50 Ko) at
http://www.inra.fr/papillon/thysania.jpg
http://www.inra.fr/papillon/thysani2.jpg

It is an old picture we made from a _small_ thysania from French Guyana.
Its wingspan is 25 cm only, but we had to take two contiguous
photographs
to fit on our video system !

By the way, I've found an image at 
http://hermes.ulaval.ca/~residjos/Diversity/Family37.htm

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Pierre ZAGATTI
INRA Unite de Phytopharmacie et Mediateurs Chimiques
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