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Hemihyalea Ludwigi
''Hemihyalea'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1901. Its only species, ''Hemihyalea cornea'', was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853. Taxonomy The type species, ''Hemihyalea cornea'', has been proposed for inclusion in ''Amastus'', and other species that were previously classified in ''Hemihyalea'' have consequently been moved to the re-established genus '' Pseudohemihyalea''. It is unclear at present whether ''Hemihyalea'' is a valid genus at all, and if so, which species other than ''H. cornea'' it would contain.Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Schmidt (2009) Distribution ''Hemihyalea cornea'' is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela. Footnotes References * *Schmidt, B. Christian (2009)"Revision of the ''"Aemilia" ambigua'' (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae)" ''ZooKeys ''ZooKeys'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological ... [...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] |