Ferdinand Ochsenheimer
Ferdinand Ochsenheimer (17 March 1767 – 2 November 1822) was a German actor and entomologist (lepidopterist). Life Ochsenheimer was born and brought up in Mainz (then in the Electorate of Mainz) and began to show an interest in butterflies and moths in his early youth. At the age of twelve he was apprenticed with a saddler but when his intellectual abilities were recognized friends of his father's enabled him to study natural history at the university. On 16 September 1788 he received his degree of ''Doktor der Philosophie''. He found employment as an educator with Stadtkommandant von Dallwigh in Mannheim, then with Baron von Reipelt. In Mannheim Ochsenheimer wrote his first stage comedies (''Er soll sich schlagen'', ''Der Brautschatz''). At the age of 27 he decided to follow a career as an actor and entered into Quandt's troupe of actors in Bayreuth. His first appearance was on 12 November 1794 as Flickwort in Gotter's ''Schwarzer Mann''. After trying his hand in several fi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iolana Iolas
''Iolana iolas'', the iolas blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in northern Africa, southern Spain, southern France, southern Europe, Asia Minor and Iran. The wingspan of the male is 18–21 mm. The flight period is May to June in rocky places at around 2,000 m. The larva feeds on ''Colutea arborescens ''Colutea arborescens'' is a species of leguminous shrub known by the common name bladder-senna. It is native to Europe and North Africa, but it is known on other continents where it is grown as an ornamental and used in landscaping for erosion ...''. Description from Seitz Male above a magnificent violet- blue, with narrow black border and white fringes. Female with broad black margin to the forewing and large black distal marginal dots to the hindwing. Under- side dust-grey, with feeble blue dusting at the base of the hindwing; besides the discal row of ocelli only the discocellular bar and two basal ocelli to the hindwing are distinct. Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks Hospita ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Linnaean Taxonomy
Linnaean taxonomy can mean either of two related concepts: # The particular form of biological classification (taxonomy) set up by Carl Linnaeus, as set forth in his ''Systema Naturae'' (1735) and subsequent works. In the taxonomy of Linnaeus there are three kingdoms, divided into ''classes'', and they, in turn, into lower ranks in a hierarchical order. # A term for rank-based classification of organisms, in general. That is, taxonomy in the traditional sense of the word: rank-based scientific classification. This term is especially used as opposed to cladistic systematics, which groups organisms into clades. It is attributed to Linnaeus, although he neither invented the concept of ranked classification (it goes back to Plato and Aristotle) nor gave it its present form. In fact, it does not have an exact present form, as "Linnaean taxonomy" as such does not really exist: it is a collective (abstracting) term for what actually are several separate fields, which use similar approac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zygaena Angelicae
''Zygaena angelicae'' (slender Scotch burnet) is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Central Europe, from Greece to southern Germany and Thuringia. ''Z.angelicae'' has blue-black or green-black forewings, whose inner angles are strongly rounded off. On the forewings there are five or six red spots, two of which are always close together. In the five-spotted individuals, the spots on the underside of the wings are connected by a red stripe, in the six-spotted ones this is a large patch. The black margin of the red hind wings is wide. The antennal club is white at the tip less so than in '' Zygaena transalpina'' and the white may be completely absent. The wingspan is 30–33 mm. Adults are on wing from July to mid August on one generation per year. They feed on flowers. The larvae feed on '' Coronilla coronata'' and sometimes ''Securigera varia'' and possibly ''Lotus corniculatus''. The species overwinters in the larval stage. Larvae can be found from Sep ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zygaena Punctum
''Zygaena punctum'' is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey. Technical description and variation (Seitz) ''Z. punctum'' O. Represents the preceding African insect ''Zygaena favonia'' Frr.">Zygaena_favonia.html" ;"title="''Zygaena favonia">''Zygaena favonia'' Frr.in the South of Europe. Position of the red spots as in ''Zygaena sarpedon'', but the apical spot enlarged, appearing washed out, being deeper red centrally and pale at the edges. Red abdominal belt always absent. Name-typical ''punctum'' occurs at the north-east coasts of the Mediterranean Sea, as far as Armenia; small, the markings of forewing more or less confluent, the hindmargin remaining broadly black. — In ''dystrepta'' Fisch.-Wald. now ''Zygaena punctum dystrepta'' Fischer de Waldheim, 1832 from S. E. Europe and Asia Minor, the hindmargin is only very narrowly shaded wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zygaena Hilaris
''Zygaena hilaris'' is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. Subspecies Subspecies include: *''Zygaena hilaris hilaris'' *''Zygaena hilaris chrysophaea'' Le Charles, 1934 *''Zygaena hilaris escorialensis'' Oberthur, 1884 *''Zygaena hilaris galliae'' Oberthur, 1910 *''Zygaena hilaris leonica'' Tremewan, 1961 *''Zygaena hilaris lucifera'' Reiss, 1936 *''Zygaena hilaris ononidis'' Milliere, 1878 *''Zygaena hilaris piemontica'' Reiss, 1941 The subspecies ''Zygaena hilaris chrysophaea'' is present in France from Vaucluse, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes to Isère. Distribution and habitat This species can be found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. These moths inhabit dry meadow, edges of calcareous grasslands, dry shrub, sunny slopes and clearings in dry forests, from sea level to 2000 meters. Description ''Zygaena hilaris'' has a wingspan of . These moths are polymorphous. Forewings show a black background, with five large red stains usually joined togeth ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pachythelia Villosella
''Pachythelia villosella'' is a moth of the Psychidae family. It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 13–15 mm for males. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish-ochreous. Forewings and hindwings thinly haired, dark brown or grey brown; veins and base of cilia darker. Females are wingless and have a rounded frontal prominence. Adults are on wing in June and July. The larvae feed on ''Calluna'' and ''Sarothamnus'' species from within a case. References Psychidae Moths of Europe Moths described in 1810 Taxa named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer {{Tineoidea-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Synanthedon Cephiformis
''Synanthedon cephiformis'' is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The wingspan is 17–22 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. The larvae feed within galls caused by '' Melampsorelle caryophyllacearum'' and '' Aecidium elatinum'' on ''Abies alba'', '' Picea excelsa'', ''Larix decidua'' and ''Juniperus communis ''Juniperus communis'', the common juniper, is a species of small tree or shrub in the cypress family Cupressaceae. An evergreen conifer, it has the largest geographical range of any woody plant, with a circumpolar distribution throughout the coo ...''. References External linksLepiforum.de Moths described in 1808 Sesiidae Moths of Europe Taxa named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer {{Sesiidae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pyropteron Doryliformis
''Pyropteron doryliformis'', the dock clearwing or dock moth, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in south-west Europe, North Africa and Australasian realm. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The larvae feed on ''Rumex'' (dock). In 1997, it was introduced into Tasmania and subsequently monitored as a possible biological control against dock. 14 May 2008 Department of Primary Industries and Water
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Polia Serratilinea
Polia may refer to: People * (born 1947), Italian historian, anthropologist, ethnographer and archaeologist * Polia Pillin (1909–1992), Polish-American ceramist Places * Polia, Calabria, Italy Species * Polia (moth) ''Polia'' is a genus of 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 16 ..., genus of moths of the family Noctuidae * Polia's shrew, species of mammal in the family Soricidae {{dab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hoplodrina Superstes
''Hoplodrina superstes'', also known as the powdered rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae, first Species description, described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. It is found in Asia and Europe. Description The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown to light grey brown and pale rufous grey with black atoms (scales); inner and outer lines blackish, the inner obliquely waved and dentate inwards, the outer strongly dentate, the teeth forming a row of points on the veins; submarginal pale, with brown shading before it; orbicular and reniform large, brownish, with pale rings; hindwing dull whitish, the veins and terminal area brownish. Larva grey, dorsal line dark; lateral stripes pale, with oblique streaks between them.[ full-grown larvae range from yellowish grey to reddish grey]. There is one generation per year in the northern part of the range, with adults on wing in June ando July. In the south, there are two generations. Adults of the second gener ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |