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Ancylometis Phylotypa
''Ancylometis'' is a genus of moths in the family Oecophoridae. The species of this genus are found on the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. Species *''Ancylometis ansarti'' Guillermet, 2010 *''Ancylometis asbolopa'' Meyrick, 1923 *''Ancylometis celineae'' Guillermet, 2010 *''Ancylometis dilucida'' Meyrick, 1910 (from Mauritius) *''Ancylometis glebaria'' (Meyrick, 1910) *''Ancylometis hemilyca'' (Meyrick, 1910) *''Ancylometis isophaula'' Meyrick, 1934 (from Madagascar) *''Ancylometis lavergnella'' Guillermet, 2011 *''Ancylometis metacrocota'' Meyrick, 1930 (from Mauritius) *''Ancylometis mulaella'' Guillermet, 2011 *''Ancylometis orphania'' (Meyrick, 1910) *''Ancylometis paulianella'' Viette, 1957 *''Ancylometis phylotypa'' Meyrick, 1930 (from Mauritius) *''Ancylometis ribesae'' Viette, 1996 *''Ancylometis scaeocosma'' Meyrick, 1887 *''Ancylometis trigonodes'' Meyrick, 1887 (from Mauritius) References Meyrick, E. 1887b. Descriptions of some exotic Micro- ... [...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] |