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Carsia Sororiata
''Carsia sororiata'', the Manchester treble-bar, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found in northern and central Europe, the Ural (region), Urals, Siberia, the Far East, northern Mongolia and in North America from Alaska to Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland and to New Hampshire. The wingspan is 20–30 mm. The basic colour of the forewings is slate grey, light grey to white grey. Two distinctive, wide lines cross the front wing. They are light brown, brown to black brown. The interior cross line is almost straight, the exterior cross line is bent and has two outward pointing spikes. The subspecies occurring in Central Europe, ''C. s. imbutata'', has a brownish-yellowish to reddish-brown outer field at the points of the outer cross line. Very elegant lines are sometimes found. In some specimens, the two lines form "bridge" in the posterior half of the wing. The fringes are alternately bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. He was one of the first specialists to work on the European Lepidoptera. He described many new species, for example ''Sesia bembeciformis'' and ''Euchloe tagis'', many of them common. He also described many new genus, genera. He was a designer and engraver and from 1786 he worked for three years as a designer and engraver at a cotton factory in Ukraine. There he collected butterflies and moths including descriptions and illustrations of some in ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge'' (1786–1790) along with other new species from the countryside around his home in Augsburg. Hübner's masterwork "Tentamen" was intended as a discussion document. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |