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Agia (moth)
''Acasis'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845. Species * ''Acasis appensata'' (Eversmann, 1842) * ''Acasis viretata'' (Hübner, 1799) – yellow-barred brindle * ''Acasis viridata'' (Packard, 1873) – olive-and-black carpet References Trichopterygini Geometridae genera {{Trichopterygini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acasis Viretata
''Acasis viretata'', the yellow-barred brindle, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1799. It is found from most of Europe and across the Palearctic to Korea. In northern India it is represented by ''Acacis viretata himalayica'' (Prout, 1958). It is also present in North America. It occurs in many different habitats, including deciduous and mixed forests, rocky slopes and valleys, as well as bushy meadows, bogs and taiga areas. In the Alps it can still be found at an altitude of 1700 meters The wingspan is 25–29 mm. The base colour of the forewing is olive green, but soon fades to yellowish. There is a black and green cross band running across the forewing.The wavy cross lines are blackish, dotted with black, and sometimes there are whitish lines between them. Not infrequently the basal area is also blackish marked. The hindwing is white. The caterpillar is green, more or less tinged with pinkish; thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel
Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774 – 10 January 1846) was a French soldier and entomologist. Life and career Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel was born in 1774 in Valenciennes, Nord, and died on 10 January 1846 in Paris. After studies in Douai, he joined the French Army when he was sixteen years old and took part in the campaigns of 1795 and 1796. Retiring from the army, he worked afterwards as a government administrator stationed in Paris. He was forced to retire again in 1816, aged 42 years, because of his opinions in favour of Napoleon Bonaparte. He then devoted himself to the study of insects. After twelve years of effort, Duponchel finished in 1838 ''L’Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères de France'', co-authored with Jean Baptiste Godart. This work consists of seventeen volumes (including twelve signed by Duponchel), 7600 coloured plates and 500 "boards" (which appear under the title ''Iconographie des Chenilles'' or ''Iconography of the Caterpillars''). The vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metron'' "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to measure the earth as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, ''Biston betularia'', which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests. Adults Many geometrids have slender abdomens and broad wings which are usually held flat with the hindwings visible. As such, they appear rather butterfly-like, but in most respects they are typical moths; the majority fly at night, they possess a frenulum to link the wings, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acasis Appensata
''Acasis appensata'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Palearctic realm. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan o ... is 21–23 mm. The larvae feed on '' Actaea spicata''. Subspecies *''Acasis appensata appensata'' *''Acasis appensata baicalensis'' (Bang-Haas, 1906) External links Fauna Europaea Trichopterygini Palearctic Lepidoptera [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acasis Viridata
''Acasis viridata'', the olive-and-black carpet, is a species of moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was described by Packard in 1873. It is found from Newfoundland to British Columbia and the adjacent northern part of the United States, south in the east to Florida, and south in the west to Colorado and Oregon. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan o ... is 18–20 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July in North America. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on the flower heads of '' Viburnum cassinoides''. References External links * * Trichopterygini Moths of North America Moths described in 1873 {{Trichopterygini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trichopterygini
Trichopterygini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae Larentiinae is a subfamily of moths containing roughly 5,800 species that occur mostly in the temperate regions of the world. They are generally considered a subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae) and are divided into a few large or .... The tribe was described by Warren in 1894. Recognized genera References "Tribus Trichopterygini Warren, 1894" ''BioLib.cz''. External links * Larentiinae Moth tribes {{Larentiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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