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Gnorimoschema Gibsoniella
''Gnorimoschema gibsoniella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1915. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Manitoba and Illinois. The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are bluish white, so strongly suffused with brown and blackish scales, as to make it difficult to determine what the ground colour is. Each white scale has a dark band before the tip and there are three ill-defined brown spots, one on the middle of the cell, one obliquely below on the fold and one at the end of the cell. The basal part and dorsal edge of the wing are least suffused with dark scales. The hindwings are light fuscous. The larvae feed on ''Solida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Busck
Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over 600 species. His collections of Lepidoptera from North America and the Panama Canal Zone are held by the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Publications Busck authored and co-authored over 150 papers, among them: * 1902: A list of the North American Lepidoptera and key to the literature of this order of insects. Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.; assisted by Charles H. Fernald, Ph.D., the late Rev. George Duryea Hulst George Duryea Hulst (9 March 1846 – 5 November 1900) was an American clergyman, botanist and entomologist. Biography He graduated from Rutgers University in 1866 and received a degree from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1869, finally ..., and August Busck. ''Bulletin of the United States Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |