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Autographa V-alba
''Autographa v-alba'', the white Y mark, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was Species description, first described by Rodrigues Ottolengui in 1902. It is found in North America from the foothills of Alberta west almost to the coast of British Columbia, south to southern Washington (state), Washington, north-eastern Oregon, central Idaho, northern Wyoming and central Utah. The wingspan is 38–40 mm. Adults are on wing in August depending on the location. There is a single generation per year. References * * Plusiini Moths of North America Moths described in 1902 {{Plusiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigues Ottolengui
Rodrigues Ottolengui (March 15, 1861 – July 11, 1937) was an American writer and dentist of Sephardic descent. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he moved to New York City, where he would spend most of his adult life, in 1877. Biography One of three children, Ottolengui was a son of Daniel Ottolengui and Helen Rosalie Rodrigues Ottolengui; he had a sister, Helen, and a brother, Lee. He was cousins with Octavus Roy Cohen, who also wrote crime fiction. He was the editor of ''Items of Interest: A Monthly Magazine of Dental Art, Science, and Literature'' for thirty-five years, which he continued to edit after retiring from dentistry; he compiled ''Table Talks on Dentistry'', drawing from articles in ''Items of Interest''. A dental pioneer, Ottolengui was one of the first to use X-rays and was a specialist in orthodontics and root canal therapy. He was also interested in entomology, taxidermy, and photography. In addition to his work in dentistry, Ottolengui is remembered as an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |