Dear Hans,
Bonsoir !
I add my answers inside your words :
"I don't agree to you.If one species is not mentioned in the
corresponding literature doesn't mean anything.Problem might also be
that those authors are/were not everywhere in the field.Paper is
patient."
OK ! I do agree !
"I'm sure,you as an enthusiastic field explorer must face many facts not or insuffiently mentioned in the literature."
That's very often true !
"Fact is,the picture of the moth I added (looking paler than in nature)I
collected myself on Leyte Island and it resembles exactly those ones
from Malaysia.I don't know the patria of Fernando's samples."
It's a matter of fact that many people asking insect identification forget to quote the collecting data (location, elevation). Philippines islands are different and the lepidofauna in Palawan differs greatly from lepidofauna in Leyte or Luçon ! It's a shame when no giving the collecting data : it's worst about the ssp. determination. And it's always interesting to know the location for getting a more acurate view of an sp. or ssp. repartition (range).
"I don't know why Nässig didn't mention it in his book. Maybe here in Actias is one to ask him personally."
I hope so !
"I add once more the link,the title of the book is mentioned at the lower end.
http://www.saturnia.de/Research/Sat-Phil.html"
I went to this page (I quoted it in my post). Strange that on a page about Saturniidae of Philippines, there is no mention of the genus Eupterote !! What do you think about ?
By the way, I must say that I'm not at all a Heterocera or Saturniidae specialist. I know better rhopalocera. Managing the website http://www.lepido-france.fr which includes a great number of lepidoptera links (see the Saturniidae page links), I just try to help. Of course, I do mistakes.
Warm regards
