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Catocala Palaeogama
''Catocala palaeogama'', the old wife underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America from Ontario and Quebec (where it is rare), through Maine, New Jersey, Tennessee, to South Carolina, west to Arkansas and Oklahoma and north through Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. Some authors consider ''Catocala palaeogama'' to be a synonym of ''Catocala neogama''. The wingspan is 60–70 mm. Adults are on wing from June to October depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year. The larvae feed on ''Carya alba'', ''Carya glabra, C. glabra'', ''Carya illinoinensis, C. illinoinensis'', ''Carya laciniosa, C. laciniosa'', ''Carya ovalis, C. ovalis'', ''Carya ovata, C. ovata'', ''Castanea dentata'', ''Juglans nigra'' and ''Malus pumila''. References External links *Oehlke, Bill"''Catocala muliercula'' Guenee, 1852" ''The ''Catocala'' Website''. Archiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very early interest in butterflies and was encouraged and taught by François de Villiers (1790–1847). He went to study law in Paris, then entered the “Bareau”. After the death of his only son, he lived at Châteaudun in Chatelliers. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Châteaudun was burned by the Prussians but Guénée's collections remained intact. He was the author of 63 publications, some with Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774–1846). He notably wrote ''Species des nocturnes '' (''Night Species'' in English) (six volumes, 1852–1857) forming parts of the ''Suites à Buffon''. This work of almost 1,300 pages treats Noctuidae of the world. Also co-author, with Jean Baptiste Boisduval, of ''Histoire naturelle des Insec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |