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Hypopyra Unistrigata
''Hypopyra unistrigata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in China, India (West Bengal), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka (Trincomalee) and Cambodia. Description Its wingspan is about 52–58 in the male and 54–68 in the female. Antennae of male with bristles and cilia. Fore and hind tibia sometimes spined. Male is grey speckled with brown color. Head dark colored. Forewings with curved and waved antemedial, medial and postmedial lines. Stigma sometimes well developed, usually reduced to spots or obsolete. A pale straight sub-marginal line found runs to both wings. Female much paler and greyer. Specimens found from Myanmar has the lilacine greyish ground color, where the female grey and vinous red suffused. Sri Lankan male form is purplish with a reddish tinge and some yellow on postmedial line of forewings. References Moths described in 1852 Hypopyra {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very early interest in butterflies and was encouraged and taught by François de Villiers (1790–1847). He went to study law in Paris, then entered the “Bareau”. After the death of his only son, he lived at Châteaudun in Chatelliers. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Châteaudun was burned by the Prussians but Guénée's collections remained intact. He was the author of 63 publications, some with Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774–1846). He notably wrote ''Species des nocturnes '' (''Night Species'' in English) (six volumes, 1852–1857) forming parts of the ''Suites à Buffon''. This work of almost 1,300 pages treats Noctuidae of the world. Also co-author, with Jean Baptiste Boisduval, of ''Histoire naturelle des Insec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |