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Eversmannia (moth)
''Eversmannia'' is a genus of moths, belonging to the family Uraniidae. The genus was described by Staudinger in 1871. Species * ''Eversmannia exornata'' (Eversmann, 1837) * ''Eversmannia plagifera'' which is now ''Oroplema plagifera ''Oroplema plagifera'' is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found on the Korean Peninsula and in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima Island), eastern China, Russia (Sakhal ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18616544 Uraniidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths
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 establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uraniidae
The Uraniidae are a family of moths containing four subfamilies, 90 genera, and roughly 700 species. The family is distributed throughout the tropics of the Americas, Africa and Indo-Australia.Carter, David, ''Eyewitness Handbook to Butterflies and Moths'' (1992) pp. 190–191; Dorling Kindersley/New York, NY Some of the tropical species are known for their bright, butterfly-like colors and are called sunset moths (for example ''Chrysiridia rhipheus''). Such moths are apparently toxic and the bright colors are a warning to predators. The family Uraniidae contains both diurnal and nocturnal species. The day-flying species are usually more strikingly colored and vibrant than the nocturnal ones. Many diurnal species also have iridescent scales and multiple tails, which often led them to be mistaken for butterflies. In sharp contrast, the nocturnal species are generally small, pale-colored insects. The Uraniidae are similar to the geometer A geometer is a mathematician w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eversmannia Exornata
''Eversmannia exornata'' is a species of moth, belonging to the family Uraniidae. The species was described in 1837 by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann as ''Idaea exornata''. It is native to Eastern Europe. The species has also been found within Western Siberia, as far east as the Altai Krai. This is the only moth within the Uraniidae family known to inhabit the West of Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe .... The amount of observed sites and specimen has steadily increased in late 20th century after a nearly century-long absence. This increase in numbers has been suggested by E. M. Antonova of Zoological Museum of Moscow University to be linked to increasing disturbance of local ecosystems. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4529656 Uraniidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oroplema Plagifera
''Oroplema plagifera'' is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found on the Korean Peninsula and in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima Island), eastern China, Russia (Sakhalin), Taiwan and northern India. The wingspan is 15–18 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females. The forewings are white, sparsely suffused with grayish scales. The hindwings are white. They resemble bird droppings. There are two generations per year in Korea. Adults have a resting posture in which the forewings are rolled up and extended horizontally and the hindwings are folded along the sides of the abdomen. The larvae feed on '' Viburnum dilatatum'' and ''Viburnum furcatum ''Viburnum furcatum'', the forked viburnum or scarlet leaved viburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae). Growing to tall and broad, it is a substantial deciduous shrub with rounded oval bronz ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
