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Antheraeopsis Rudloffi
''Antheraeopsis'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by James Wood-Mason in 1886. Species *''Antheraeopsis assamensis'' (Helfer, 1837) – Assam silkmoth, muga silkworm *''Antheraeopsis brunnea'' van Eecke, 1922 *''Antheraeopsis castanea'' Jordan, 1910 *''Antheraeopsis chengtuana'' Watson, 1923 *''Antheraeopsis formosana'' Sonan, 1937 *''Antheraeopsis mezops'' Bryk, 1944 *''Antheraeopsis paniki'' Naessig & Treadaway, 1998 *''Antheraeopsis rubiginea ''Antheraeopsis'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by James Wood-Mason in 1886. Species *''Antheraeopsis assamensis'' (Helfer, 1837) – Assam silkmoth, muga silkworm *''Antheraeopsis brunnea'' van Eecke, 1922 *' ...'' Toxopeus, 1940 *'' Antheraeopsis rudloffi'' Brechlin, 2002 *'' Antheraeopsis subvelata'' Bouvier, 1930 *'' Antheraeopsis youngi'' Watson, 1915 *'' Antheraeopsis yunnanensis'' Chu & Wang, 1993 References Saturniinae Moth genera {{Saturniidae-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wood-Mason
James Wood-Mason (December 1846 – 6 May 1893) was an English zoologist. He was the director of the Indian Museum at Calcutta, after John Anderson. He collected marine animals and lepidoptera, but is best known for his work on two other groups of insects, phasmids (stick insects) and mantises (praying mantises). The genus '' Woodmasonia'' Brunner, 1907, and at least ten species of phasmids, are named after him.Bragg, 2008. Life and career Wood-Mason was born in Gloucestershire, England, where his father was a doctor. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Queen's College, Oxford. He went out to India in 1869 to work in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, which in 2008 still housed his collection of insects. In 1872 he sailed to the Andaman Islands, mostly studying marine animals, but also collecting and later describing two new phasmids, '' Bacillus hispidulus'' and '' Bacillus westwoodii''. Wood-Mason described 24 new species of phasmids, mostly from South Asia but also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
