Good Leps. (was Re: Overpopulation v. Willful Stupidity)

Roger Kendrick hkmoths at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Jan 30 00:54:57 EST 2001


world...)
>
> Anyone seen any good Leps lately?!
 
Seen last October & November on a wooded hill in Hong Kong (210m /
670' alt.), around a dozen individuals of Acidon paradoxa (Noctuidae,
Hypeninae) - the first time it's been recorded since it was described
by Hampson in 1896. Previously known only from the holotype (Bhutan).
Will post a photo in due course on the Hong Kong Moths website (moth
photos - Noctuidae). Thanks to Dr. Martin Lödl (Vienna, Austria) for
the identification. One might speculate on the apparently disjunct
distribution, but given the paucity of recording in southern China,
northern Indo-china and the eastern end of the Himalayas, I'd guess
it would be quite possible for this species to exist at low
population density and not be recorded.
 
Roger.
 
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Roger C. KENDRICK
Ph.D. candidate
Dept. of Ecology & Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong
 
Hong Kong Moths Website - http://hkusub.hku.hk/~kendrick/hkmoth.htm
An Illustrated Guide to the Moths of Hong Kong - http://hkusub.hku.hk/~kendrick/IGMHKinfo.htm
mailto:hkmoths at yahoo.co.uk or mailto:kendrick at hkusua.hku.hk
 
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