Anadasmus Vacans
''Anadasmus vacans'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in French Guiana. The wingspan is 38–40 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous, usually with irregularly scattered black specks. The plical and second discal stigmata are minute and blackish, sometimes with a curved subterminal series of minute blackish dots. There is a terminal series of minute blackish dots. The hindwings are dark grey, with the apex more or less tinged with pale ochreous. References Moths described in 1916 Anadasmus Moths of South America {{Stenomatinae-stub ...
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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 ...
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