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Epinotia Nemorivaga
''Epinotia nemorivaga'', the bearberry bell, is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe (from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Ireland to Poland) and Asia (China: Henan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi). The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The face and palpi are pale brownish. The forewings are silvery- whitish, finely strigulated with fuscous. The costa is posteriorly strigulated with dark fuscous and white. There are some scattered dark fuscous strigulae . The basal patch with edge somewhat bent, the central fascia with posterior median projection, and an irregular spot touching termen in middle are all dark fuscous. The termen is hardly sinuate.The cilia have a white subapical dash. The hindwings are grey.The larva is pale yellowish ; head dark brown : Adults are on wing in June and July in western Europe. The larvae feed on ''Arctostaphylos alpinus'' and ''Arctostaphylos uva-ursi''. The larvae leaf miner, mine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Von Kennel
Julius von Kennel (10 June 1854 – 24 January 1939) was a German zoologist and entomologist born in Schwegenheim. He studied at the University of Würzburg, where he came under the influence of zoologist Karl Semper (1832-1893). Later, he worked as an assistant to Karl August Möbius (1825-1908) at the University of Kiel, and following his habilitation, he returned to the University of Würzburg. In 1882-83 he participated on a research expedition to Trinidad and Venezuela (including the Orinoco River region). Later, he served as a lecturer at the ''Forstakademie'' in Aschaffenburg, and from 1887 to 1915, was a full professor of zoology at the University of Dorpat. Kennel was an authority on Microlepidoptera, and in particular the family- Tortricidae ( tortrix moths). In 1898-99 he was president of the Estonian Naturalists' Society, and in 1922 became director of the zoological museum in Riga. Written works * 1883: ''Biologische und faunistische Notizen aus Trinidad''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
