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Cleora Tenebrata
''Cleora'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was erected by John Curtis (entomologist), John Curtis in 1825. Species * ''Cleora alienaria'' (Walker, 1860) * ''Cleora acaciaria'' (Boiduval, 1833) * ''Cleora atriclava'' Prout, 1926 * ''Cleora biclavata'' (D. S. Fletcher, 1953) * ''Cleora cinctaria'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – ringed carpet * ''Cleora cnephaea'' Prout, 1915 * ''Cleora concentraria'' (Snellen, 1877) * ''Cleora contiguata'' (Moore, [1868]) * ''Cleora costiplaga'' (D. S. Fletcher, 1953) * ''Cleora cucullata'' (D. S. Fletcher, 1953) * ''Cleora decisaria'' (Walker, 1866) * ''Cleora determinata'' (Walker, 1860) * ''Cleora displicata'' (Walker, 1860) * ''Cleora eugraphica'' (Turner, 1917) * ''Cleora fortunata'' Blachier, 1889 * ''Cleora fraterna'' (Moore, 1888) * ''Cleora godeffroyi'' (Butler, 1886) * ''Cleora goldfinchi'' Prout, 1937 * ''Cleora illustraria'' (Walker, 1863) * ''Cleora indiga'' (D. S. Fletcher) * ''Cleora inelegans'' (Warr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curtis (entomologist)
John Curtis (3 September 1791 – 6 October 1862) was an English entomologist and illustrator. Biography Curtis was born in Norwich to Frances and Charles Morgan Curtis. Charles Morgan died before his son had reached the age of 4 years. His mother, Frances, had a passion for flowers and was a professional flower grower. She encouraged her son to study natural history with a young local naturalist, Richard Walker (1791–1870). At the age of 16 John became an apprentice at a local lawyer's office in Norwich but devoted his spare time to studying and drawing insects and, with insect collecting becoming a growing craze, he found he could make a living selling the specimens he found. At this time he became a friend of Simon Wilkin (1790–1862) a wealthy landowner in Norfolk, eventually leaving his job to live with Wilkin at Cossey Hall where the extensive natural history library and specimen collection afforded him the opportunity to study his emerging over-riding passion, entomo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
