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Luxiaria
''Luxiaria'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. Description Palpi obliquely porrect (extending forward), where the second joint roughly scaled. Antennae minutely ciliated. Hind tibia of male dilated and with a longitudinal fold containing a ridge of silken hair. Forewings produced and somewhat acute at apex. Vein 3 from angle of cell and veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked, from upper angle. Vein 10 absent and vein 11 free. Selected species *''Luxiaria amasa ''Luxiaria amasa'' is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found from south-eastern Siberia to Korea, Japan, northern India, Nepal, Taiwan, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. The wingspan ...'' (Butler, 1878) *'' Luxiaria mitorrhaphes'' Prout, 1925 *'' Luxiaria phyllosaria'' Walker, 1860 References External links * Ennominae {{Ennominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxiaria Phyllosaria
''Luxiaria phyllosaria'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in Sri Lanka, the north-eastern Himalayas of India, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar .... Dark brown fringes are found in the margins of both wings. A dark brown bar with grey. References External linksA review of ''Luxiaria'' Walker and its allied genus ''Calletaera'' Warren (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) from China [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxiaria Amasa
''Luxiaria amasa'' is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found from south-eastern Siberia to Korea, Japan, northern India, Nepal, Taiwan, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is 40–45 mm. Subspecies *''Luxiaria amasa amasa'' *''Luxiaria amasa noda'' Prout, 1928 (Sulawesi) *''Luxiaria amasa perochrea'' Herbulot, 1993 (Sumatra) References Moths described in 1878 Ennominae Moths of Japan {{Ennominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxiaria Mitorrhaphes
''Luxiaria mitorrhaphes'' is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1925. It is found from the Himalayas to Japan, Taiwan, Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ..., Borneo and Java. References Moths described in 1925 Ennominae Moths of Japan {{Ennominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Walker (entomologist)
Francis Walker (31 July 1809 – 5 October 1874) was an English entomologist. He was born in Southgate, London, on 31 July 1809 and died at Wanstead, England on 5 October 1874. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms. However, his assiduous work on the collections of the British Museum had great significance. Between June 1848 and late 1873 Walker was contracted by John Edward Gray Director of the British Museum to catalogue their insects (except Coleoptera) that is Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Walker largely accomplished this and (Edwards, 1870) wrote of the plan and by implication those who implemented it “It is to him raythat the Public owe the admirable helps to the study of natural history which have been afforded by the series of inventories, guides, and nomenclatures, the publication of which beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metron'' "measure" in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to measure the earth as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, ''Biston betularia'', which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests. Adults Many geometrids have slender abdomens and broad wings which are usually held flat with the hindwings visible. As such, they appear rather butterfly-like, but in most respects they are typical moths; the majority fly at night, they possess a frenulum to link the wings, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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