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Bucculatrix Santolinella
''Bucculatrix santolinella'' is a moth in the family Bucculatricidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham in 1898. It is found in southern France and Spain and on Corsica and Sardinia. The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are white with patches of olive-brown speckling with blackish scales. The hindwings are shining brownish-cinereous. The larvae feed on ''Santolina'' species. They mine Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: Extraction or digging * Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine Grammar *Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun ... the leaves of their host plant. The larvae live freely at the underside of the leaves of their host plant, creating small fleck mines. Larvae can be found in May. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Bucculatricidae Moths described in 1898 Taxa named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas De Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham
Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (29 July 1843 – 3 December 1919), of Merton Hall, Norfolk, was an English politician and amateur entomologist. Biography Walsingham was the son of Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham, and Augusta-Louisa, daughter of Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet. He was born on Stanhope Street in Mayfair, the family's London house. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for West Norfolk from 1865 until 1870, when he succeeded to the title and estates of his father, and entered the House of Lords. From 1874 to 1875 he served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip) in the second Conservative government of Benjamin Disraeli. From 1870 on he also ran the family's estate at Merton, Norfolk, served as trustee of the British Museum and performed many other public functions. Walsingham was a keen lepidopterist, collecting butterflies and moths from a young age, and being particularly inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
