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Amastus Popayanensis
''Amastus popayanensis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1916. It is found in Colombia. Retrieved April 25, 2018. Taxonomy There is some dispute over whether the species belongs in ''Amastus ''Amastus'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1855. Taxonomy The delimitation of ''Amastus'' versus ''Hemihyalea'' has long been problematic. It was recently de ...'' or '' Hemihyalea''. References Moths described in 1916 popayanensis Moths of South America {{Phaegopterina-stub ... [...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] |
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala''); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (''Gynaephora groenlandica''); piercing moths ( Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae (for example, crambid snout moths). Some of the erebid moths are called owlets. The sizes of the adults range from among the largest of all moths (> wingspan in the black witch) to the smallest of the macromoths ( wingspan in some of the Micronoctuini). The coloration of the adults spans the full range of dull, drab, and camouflaged (e.g., ''Zale lunifera'' and litter moths) to vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amastus
''Amastus'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1855. Taxonomy The delimitation of ''Amastus'' versus ''Hemihyalea'' has long been problematic. It was recently determined that the type species of ''Hemihyalea'' (the old ''Phaegoptera cornea'') is so closely related to that of ''Amastus'' (''Phaegoptera collaris, P. collaris'') as to warrant inclusion in the present genus. That determination led to the reestablishment of the genus ''Pseudohemihyalea'' for the more distantly related group of species around ''Pseudohemihyalea schausi, "Hemihyalea" schausi''. There is no consensus yet on whether to include the remaining ''Hemihyalea'' species in ''Amastus''.Pitkin & Jenkins (2004ab), Schmidt (2009) Selected species Species of ''Amastus'' include: * ''Amastis aconia'' (Herrich-Schäffer 1853) * ''Amastus bicolor'' (Maassen, 1890) * ''Amastus cellularis'' Rothschild, 1922 * ''Amastus collaris'' (Herrich- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemihyalea
''Hemihyalea'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, ''Hemihyalea cornea'', was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853. Taxonomy The type species, ''Hemihyalea cornea'', has been proposed for inclusion in ''Amastus'', and other species that were previously classified in ''Hemihyalea'' have consequently been moved to the re-established genus '' Pseudohemihyalea''. It is unclear at present whether ''Hemihyalea'' is a valid genus at all, and if so, which species other than ''H. cornea'' it would contain.Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Schmidt (2009) Distribution ''Hemihyalea cornea'' is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela. Footnotes References * *Schmidt, B. Christian (2009)"Revision of the ''"Aemilia" ambigua'' (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae)" ''ZooKeys ''ZooKeys'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths Described In 1916
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] |
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