Eupterote Obsoleta
''Eupterote obsoleta'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Talbot in 1926. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland limestone forests. Adults are reddish brown. References Moths described in 1926 Eupterotinae {{Bombycoidea-stub ...
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George Talbot (entomologist)
George Talbot FES (26 October 1882 – 13 April 1952) was an English entomologist who specialised in butterflies. He wrote about 150 scientific papers, the majority being primarily systematic, consisting of the description of new species or the revision of various genera. He was also responsible for the curation and preservation of the Joicey collection of Lepidoptera prior to its accession by the Natural History Museum. Life and career George Talbot was born "in rather humble circumstances" in Croydon, Surrey, in 1882. As a young man, he was assistant to Percy Ireland Lathy. He then curated for the wealthy amateur butterfly collector Herbert Adams, followed by the insect dealer William Frederick Henry Rosenberg. During the First World War he worked with Arthur Bacot at the Lister Institute on trench fever and typhus diseases carried by lice. From 1915, he was head curator of the large and increasing collection of amateur lepidopterist James John Joicey at the Hill Museu ...
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