Beiträge von xavm

Please see our colleague Vincent on paintingshttps://http://www.lepidofrance.com/vint-le-confinement/

Best wishes

Xavier

The website address of the Association of Lepidopterists of France (ALF) has changed.

It is no more : http://www.lepido-france.fr/

but : http://www.lepidofrance.com/

Thanks

Zitat von PierreB

• Hello xavm, you mean wich plant?

Sorry don’t understand.

Sorry Pierre, I meant please contact ArGeNtUm a member of the forum who is breeding several Actias spp.

Hello Pierre,
Maybe try to pm ArGeNtUm ? He seems to be great in breeding Actias spp.
Best wishes,

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Hola Pablo,

Some collectors recommend to prepare your specimen and keep it drying recovered by aceton.

Hope this helps,
xavm

Hi Rudi,

You may want to translate E -4°02'01" in W 4°02'01" ?? May be you will find the correct spot ?

Greetings, Xavier

Dear Martin,

I friend of mine collected caterpillars years ago, so why I do assume mid-March for its flying period.
Please see the GPS data: N34°14'03" - E -4°02'01", per Google Map, it appears very easy to reach the area.

Best wishes,
Xavier

Dear Martin,

Mid March seems now to be the most appropriate time to go.

Best wishes,
Xavier

Hello Martin,

The only place I know is in the Oued Abiod, west of Taza.

Best wishes,
Xavier

Dear All,

We are lots from this forum to have bred / are breeding this beautiful species... I tried to post and describe (in French, sorry) all paths.

Many pictures and videos from eggs to adults:

http://redirect.viglink.com?key=bbb516d91d…ra-saturniidae/

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XavM

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Dear All,

The Zygaenidae from Morocco paper has been updated with few more pictures and now with distribution maps of species and subspecies !

Best wishes,
Xavier

Thank you Christian,

Jean-Marie André is definitely a great photographer.

I guess we are all jaleous about that

Cheers, Xavier

Hi Jean-Marc,

Oxianions produce melanic aberrations much easier than cold shocks.

Best wishes,
Xavier

Dear Colleagues, a new post is on French Lepidopterists Website:

Les Zygènes du Maroc. Richesse et déclin
Catalogue systématique et inventaire taxinomique actualisés
Chorologie marocaine avec un état des lieux des populations
Plantes-hôtes – Phénologie – Bilan conservatoire
(Lepidoptera Zygaenidae Zygaeninae)

par Michel R. TARRIER
Reportages photographiques de Jean-Marie ANDRÉ

https://www.lepido-france.fr/ zygenes-maroc-richesse-declin/

After thirty years of travel in Morocco, with more than a million of kilometers of roads and tracks covered for a total of over 4000 days of fieldwork and the discovery of some 300 places of lepidopterical interest, whom most were followed, the author draws up a new taxonomic inventory of the Zyganidae of this country, with the indication of the host-plants, phenologies for the most part unpublished, the updated distribution of each species and the respective subspecies, and concludes by the conservation assessment of habitats and species.

Après une trentaine d’années de voyages au Maroc, avec plus d’un million de kilomètres de routes et de pistes parcourues pour un total de plus de 4000 jours de terrain et la découverte de quelques 300 localités d’intérêt lépidoptérique, dont la plupart ont été suivies, l’auteur dresse un nouvel inventaire taxinomique des Zygènes de ce pays, avec l’indication des plantes-hôtes, des phénologies pour la plupart inédites, de la répartition actualisée de chaque espèce et des sous-espèces respectives, et conclut par le bilan conservatoire des habitats et des espèces.

https://www.lepido-france.fr/ zygenes-maroc-richesse-declin/

Enjoy reading

Best wishes,
Xavier

Bonsoir Philippe,

It's difficult to be 100% without the underside and the place of origin, but I would confirm M. aurelia.

Cheers, Xavier

Hello Klaas,

Unfortunately the differences between those two species are very tight and the only best way is thru DNA analysis. Some paper will be hopefully published soon that will show you Pontia edusa being really an isolate from the Pontic/Balkan complex.

Groetjes, Xavier

Hi Tomas,

Thanks, I was thinking this to be either a Lasiocampidae or a Lymantriidae, but could not find any picture from any blog/forum/site.

Let see if I can succeed to get at least one pupa... My source or acacia starts to end, and the caterpillars do not seem to accept Rubus.

Cheers, Xavier

Dear Both,

Can anyone be of help determining this 3-cm-long-species found on Acacia near Guelmin, South Morocco ?
Sorry for for the bad quality of the picture.

Thanks, cheers,
Xavier

I agree with Henri. Many thanks Pek.