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Epyaxa (queen)
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern micr ... in 1883. Species * '' Epyaxa agelasta'' (Turner, 1904) * '' Epyaxa centroneura'' (Meyrick, 1891) * '' Epyaxa epia'' (Turner, 1922) * '' Epyaxa hyperythra'' (Lower, 1892) * '' Epyaxa lucidata'' Walker, 1862 * '' Epyaxa pyrrhobaphes'' (Turner, 1926) * '' Epyaxa rosearia'' Doubleday, 1843 – New Zealand looper, plantain moth * '' Epyaxa sodaliata'' (Walker, 1862) * '' Epyaxa subidaria'' (Guenée, 1857) – subidaria moth References * Xanthorhoini {{Xanthorhoini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Edward Meyrick came from a Welsh clerical family and was born in Ramsbury on the Kennet to a namesake father. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He actively pursued his hobby during his schooling, and one colleague stated in 1872 that Meyrick "has not left a lamp, a paling, or a tree unexamined in which a moth could possibly, at any stage of its existence, lie hid." Meyrick began publishing notes on microlepidopterans in 1875, but when in December, 1877 he gained a post at The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, there were greater opportunities for indulging his interest. He stayed in Australia for ten years (from 1877 until the end of 1886) working at Syd ... [...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] |
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metron'' "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to measure the earth as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, ''Biston betularia'', which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests. Adults Many geometrids have slender abdomens and broad wings which are usually held flat with the hindwings visible. As such, they appear rather butterfly-like, but in most respects they are typical moths; the majority fly at night, they possess a frenulum to link the wings, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epyaxa Agelasta
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern micr ... in 1883. Species * '' Epyaxa agelasta'' (Turner, 1904) * '' Epyaxa centroneura'' (Meyrick, 1891) * '' Epyaxa epia'' (Turner, 1922) * '' Epyaxa hyperythra'' (Lower, 1892) * '' Epyaxa lucidata'' Walker, 1862 * '' Epyaxa pyrrhobaphes'' (Turner, 1926) * '' Epyaxa rosearia'' Doubleday, 1843 – New Zealand looper, plantain moth * '' Epyaxa sodaliata'' (Walker, 1862) * '' Epyaxa subidaria'' (Guenée, 1857) – subidaria moth References * Xanthorhoini {{Xanthorhoini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epyaxa Centroneura
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1883. Species * ''Epyaxa agelasta ''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was ...'' (Turner, 1904) * '' Epyaxa centroneura'' (Meyrick, 1891) * '' Epyaxa epia'' (Turner, 1922) * '' Epyaxa hyperythra'' (Lower, 1892) * '' Epyaxa lucidata'' Walker, 1862 * '' Epyaxa pyrrhobaphes'' (Turner, 1926) * '' Epyaxa rosearia'' Doubleday, 1843 – New Zealand looper, plantain moth * '' Epyaxa sodaliata'' (Walker, 1862) * '' Epyaxa subidaria'' (Guenée, 1857) – subidaria moth References * Xanthorhoini {{Xanthorhoini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epyaxa Epia
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1883. Species * ''Epyaxa agelasta'' (Turner, 1904) * ''Epyaxa centroneura ''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1883. Species * ''Epyaxa agelasta ''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 ...'' (Meyrick, 1891) * '' Epyaxa epia'' (Turner, 1922) * '' Epyaxa hyperythra'' (Lower, 1892) * '' Epyaxa lucidata'' Walker, 1862 * '' Epyaxa pyrrhobaphes'' (Turner, 1926) * '' Epyaxa rosearia'' Doubleday, 1843 – New Zealand looper, plantain moth * '' Epyaxa sodaliata'' (Walker, 1862) * '' Epyaxa subidaria'' (Guenée, 1857) – subidaria moth References * Xanthorhoini {{Xanthorhoini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epyaxa Hyperythra
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1883. Species * ''Epyaxa agelasta'' (Turner, 1904) * ''Epyaxa centroneura'' (Meyrick, 1891) * ''Epyaxa epia ''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1883. Species * ''Epyaxa agelasta'' (Turner, 1904) * ''Epyaxa centroneura ''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick ...'' (Turner, 1922) * '' Epyaxa hyperythra'' (Lower, 1892) * '' Epyaxa lucidata'' Walker, 1862 * '' Epyaxa pyrrhobaphes'' (Turner, 1926) * '' Epyaxa rosearia'' Doubleday, 1843 – New Zealand looper, plantain moth * '' Epyaxa sodaliata'' (Walker, 1862) * '' Epyaxa subidaria'' (Guenée, 1857) – subidaria moth References * Xanthorhoini {{Xanthorhoini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epyaxa Lucidata
''Epyaxa lucidata'' is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using material collected by Andrew Sinclair and named ''Larentia lucidata.'' The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum an .... Distribution This species is endemic to New Zealand. References Xanthorhoini Moths of New Zealand Endemic fauna of New Zealand Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) Moths described in 1862 Endemic moths of New Zealand {{Xanthorhoini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epyaxa Pyrrhobaphes
''Epyaxa'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1883. Species * ''Epyaxa agelasta'' (Turner, 1904) * ''Epyaxa centroneura'' (Meyrick, 1891) * ''Epyaxa epia'' (Turner, 1922) * ''Epyaxa hyperythra'' (Lower, 1892) * ''Epyaxa lucidata ''Epyaxa lucidata'' is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 using material collected by Andrew Sinclair and named ''Larentia lucidata.'' Th ...'' Walker, 1862 * '' Epyaxa pyrrhobaphes'' (Turner, 1926) * '' Epyaxa rosearia'' Doubleday, 1843 – New Zealand looper, plantain moth * '' Epyaxa sodaliata'' (Walker, 1862) * '' Epyaxa subidaria'' (Guenée, 1857) – subidaria moth References * Xanthorhoini {{Xanthorhoini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epyaxa Rosearia
''Epyaxa rosearia'', the New Zealand looper or plantain moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae.It is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy ''E. rosearia'' was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1843 and named ''Cidaria rosearia''. Description The eggs of this species are pale yellow and oval with a smooth shell. Alex Purdie describes the caterpillar of this species as: The caterpillars form a chrysalis that is glossy and very dark brownish black. They can be found amongst the leaves of the forest floor. ''E. rosearia'' adults are varied in appearance. They can have a pinkish tinge or can be brownish in hue although olive green is also common. Distribution ''E. rosearia'' are very common throughout New Zealand. Host species While it is endemic to New Zealand, the larvae have so far only been recorded feeding on exotic plant species: ''Nasturtium officinale'', ''Plantago lanceolata'', ''Trifolium ambiguum'', ''Trifolium repens'' and ''Tropaeolum majus''. The larvae also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epyaxa Sodaliata
''Epyaxa sodaliata'', the sodaliata moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862 and it is native to Australia. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The larvae feed on ''Anagallis arvensis ''Anagallis arvensis'' ( syn. ''Lysimachia arvensis''), commonly known as the scarlet pimpernel, red pimpernel, red chickweed, poor man's barometer, poor man's weather-glass, shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock, is a species of low-gr ...''. References Xanthorhoini Moths described in 1862 {{Xanthorhoini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epyaxa Subidaria
''Epyaxa subidaria'', the subidaria moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857 and it is native to Australia, including Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi .... References Xanthorhoini Moths described in 1857 {{Xanthorhoini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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