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Exilisia Bipuncta
''Exilisia bipuncta'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1900. It is found on Madagascar. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Exilisia Moths described in 1900 {{Lithosiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills of the Madras presidency (now Tamil Nadu), where he became interested in moths and butterflies. When he returned to England he became a voluntary worker at the Natural History Museum, where he wrote ''The Lepidoptera of the Nilgiri District'' (1891) and ''The Lepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon'' (1893) as parts 8 and 9 of ''Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera of the British Museum''. He then commenced work on ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths'' (four volumes, 1892–1896). Albert C. L. G. Günther offered him a position as assistant at the museum in March 1895, and, after succeeding to his baronetcy A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, ... [...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] |
Arctiinae (moth)
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity''. Second ed. Oxford University Press. This subfamily includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths (or tigers), which usually have bright colours, footmen, which are usually much drabber, lichen moths, and wasp moths. Many species have "hairy" caterpillars that are popularly known as woolly bears or woolly worms. The scientific name Arctiinae refers to this hairiness (Gk. αρκτος = a bear). Some species within the Arctiinae have the word "tussock"' in their common names because they have been misidentified as members of the Lymantriinae subfamily based on the characteristics of the larvae. Taxonomy The subfamily was previously classified as the family Arctiidae of the superfamily Noctuoidea and is a monophyletic group. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's List of island countries, second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Geography of Madagascar, Madagascar (the List of islands by area, fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of wildlife of Madagascar, its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exilisia
''Exilisia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1958. Species * '' Exilisia andriai'' Toulgoët, 1955 * '' Exilisia bijuga'' Mabille, 1899 * '' Exilisia bilineata'' Toulgoët, 1954 * '' Exilisia bipuncta'' Hampson, 1900 * '' Exilisia butleri'' Toulgoët, 1958 * '' Exilisia contrasta'' Kühne, 2007 * '' Exilisia costimacula'' Toulgoët, 1958 * '' Exilisia disticha'' (Hampson, 1914) * '' Exilisia falcata'' Toulgoët, 1954 * '' Exilisia flavicapilla'' Toulgoët, 1954 * '' Exilisia flavicincta'' Toulgoët, 1965 * '' Exilisia fletcheri'' Toulgoët, 1956 * '' Exilisia friederikeae'' Kühne, 2007 * '' Exilisia gablerinus'' Kühne, 2008 * '' Exilisia insularis'' Toulgoët, 1972 * '' Exilisia kruegeri'' Kühne, 2007 * '' Exilisia leighi'' Toulgoët, 1956 * '' Exilisia lichenaria'' Toulgoët, 1954 * '' Exilisia mabillei'' Toulgoët, 1958 * '' Exilisia marmorea'' Butler, 1882 * '' Exilisia mnigrum'' Mabille, 1899 * '' Exilisia nebulosa' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
