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Cautethia Carsusi
''Cautethia carsusi'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae from the Dominican Republic. It was described by Jean Haxaire and Pierre Schmit in 2001. It is the largest species in the genus ''Cautethia''. The wing length of males is 19.5 millimetres and for females - 20.5 millimetres. References Cautethia Moths described in 2001 {{Dilophonotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region.Scoble, Malcolm J. (1995): ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity'' (2nd edition). Oxford University Press & Natural History Museum London. They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their agile and sustained flying ability, similar enough to that of hummingbirds as to be reliably mistaken for them. Their narrow wings and streamlined abdomens are adaptations for rapid flight. The family was named by French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Some hawk moths, such as the hummingbird hawk-moth or the white-lined sphinx, hover in midair while they feed on nectar from flowers, so are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds. This hovering capability is only known to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area (after Cuba) at , and third-largest by population, with approximately 10.7 million people (2022 est.), down from 10.8 million in 2020, of whom approximately 3.3 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city. The official language of the country is Spanish. The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola before the arrival of Europeans, dividing it into five chiefdoms. They had constructed an advanced farming and hunting society, and were in the process of becoming an organized civilization. The Taínos also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cautethia
''Cautethia'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1867. Species *'' Cautethia carsusi'' Haxaire & Schmit, 2001 *'' Cautethia exuma'' McCabe, 1984 *''Cautethia grotei'' H. Edwards, 1882 *'' Cautethia noctuiformis'' (Walker, 1856) *'' Cautethia simitia'' Schaus, 1932 *'' Cautethia spuria'' (Boisduval, 1875) *''Cautethia yucatana'' Clark, 1919 Gallery Cautethia grotei MHNT CUT 2010 0 254 Florida City, Florida, male.jpg, ''Cautethia grotei'' Cautethia spuria MHNT Cut 2010 0 6.jpg, '' Cautethia spuria'' Cautethia yucatana MHNT CUT 2010 0 6.jpg, ''Cautethia yucatana ''Cautethia yucatana'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae, which is known from California and Mexico south to Central America. It was described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1919. Female moths in this species have a wingspan of 16 milli ...'' References Dilophonotini Moth genera Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote {{Dilophonotini- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
