FIRST RECORD OF SPHECODINA CAUDATA (BREMER & GREY, 1852) (LEPIDOPTERA, SPHINGIDAE) FROM AMUR OBLAST, WITH AN OVERVIEW OF ITS DISTRIBUTION IN RUSSIA

First record of Sphecodina caudata (Bremer & Grey, 1852) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from Amur Oblast, with an overview of its distribution in Russia

Hawk moth Sphecodina caudata (Bremer et Grey, 1853) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) is recorded for the Amurskaya Oblast for the first time.The new locality is situated in the extreme southeastern part of this region POWDER BURN 2.0 WATERMELON (3 km W Kundur village, Khingan Nature Reserve), in 308 – 420 km north-west of previously known habita

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Memories of John N. Brady: scientist, mentor and friend

Abstract Friends and colleagues remember John N.Brady, Ph.D., Chief of the Virus Tumor Biology Section of the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, who died much too young at the age of 57 on April 27, 2009 of colon cancer.John grew up Swaddles in Illinois and received his Ph.D.with Dr.Richard Consigli at Kansas State University studying the molecular s

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