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Acrocercops Transecta
''Acrocercops transecta'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku, Tusima), Korea, the Russian Far East and Taiwan. The wingspan is 7.4–9.6 mm. The larvae feed on ''Lyonia ovalifolia'', ''Carya aquatica'', ''Carya myristiciformis'', ''Carya ovata'', ''Juglans ailanthifolia'', ''Juglans cinerea'', ''Juglans cordiformis'', ''Juglans hindsii'', ''Juglans illinoensis'', ''Juglans mandschurica'', ''Juglans nigra'', ''Juglans regia'', ''Juglans sieboldiana'', ''Platycarya strobilacea'' and ''Pterocarya rhoifolia''. They leaf miner, mine the leaves of their host plant. References Acrocercops, transecta Moths described in 1931 Moths of Asia {{Acrocercops-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Edward Meyrick came from a Welsh clerical family and was born in Ramsbury on the Kennet to a namesake father. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He actively pursued his hobby during his schooling, and one colleague stated in 1872 that Meyrick "has not left a lamp, a paling, or a tree unexamined in which a moth could possibly, at any stage of its existence, lie hid." Meyrick began publishing notes on microlepidopterans in 1875, but when in December, 1877 he gained a post at The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, there were greater opportunities for indulging his interest. He stayed in Australia for ten years (from 1877 until the end of 1886) working at Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |