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Gillmeria Ochrodactyla
''Gillmeria ochrodactyla'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Asia and Europe. It was Species description, first described by the Austrian entomologists, Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. Description The species was known as ''Gillmeria tetradactyla'' until recently, but is now known as ''Gillmeria ochrodactyla''. ''Gillmeria tetradactyla'' is now an invalid name. Reason for this decision is to eliminate the confusion with ''Platyptilia tetradactyla''. ''Gillmeria ochrodactyla'' has a wingspan of and is superficially similar to ''Gillmeria pallidactyla''. ''G. ochrodactyla'' has brown and white bands on its hindlegs below the middle spurs, whereas the legs of ''G pallidactyla'' are not banded. The moth is Voltinism, single-brooded, flying from late June to August, can be found resting on the flower-heads of the larval food plant, tansy (''Tanacetum vulgare''). After dark, the imago will come to Moth trap, light. The larvae initially feed on tansy ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Denis
Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, also: ''Sined the Bard'', (27 September 1729 – 29 September 1800) was an Austrian Catholic priest and Jesuit, who is best known as a poet, bibliographer, and lepidopterist. Life Denis was born at Schärding, located on the Inn (river), Inn River, then ruled by the Electorate of Bavaria, in 1729, the son of Johann Rudolph Denis, who taught him Latin at an early age. At the age of ten, he was enrolled to be educated by the Society of Jesus, Jesuits at their college in Passau. After completing his studies in 1747, he entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Vienna. In 1749, following this initial formation period, Denis was sent to carry his period of regency (Jesuit), Regency at Jesuit colleges in Graz and Klagenfurt. He was Holy Orders, ordained a Catholic priest, priest in 1757. Two years later, he was appointed professor at the Theresianum in Vienna, a Jesuit college. After the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773, and the subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |