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Macropiratidae
Macropiratidae is a family of moths which has sometimes been treated as a subfamily of the Pterophoridae, owing to the resemblance between specimens of Macropiratidae and plume moths of the genus ''Agdistis'', at least when preserved as pinned specimens. The family contains a single genus ''Agdistopis'' with three species. Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher described the species now known as '' Agdistopis sinhala'' from a single specimen in poor condition, collected in Sri Lanka in December 1907. In 1917, George Hampson published a description of a new genus ''Agdistopis'' and a new species, ''Agdistopis petrochroa''. His description was based on five specimens collected in Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Singapore. ''A. petrochroa'' was subsequently synonymised with ''A. sinhala''. Hampson considered these moths to belong to the Pyralidae, but noted the remarkable superficial resemblance to ''Agdistis''. In 1932, Edward Meyrick described two species and assigned them both to a new genus ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropiratidae
Macropiratidae is a family of moths which has sometimes been treated as a subfamily of the Pterophoridae, owing to the resemblance between specimens of Macropiratidae and plume moths of the genus ''Agdistis'', at least when preserved as pinned specimens. The family contains a single genus ''Agdistopis'' with three species. Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher described the species now known as '' Agdistopis sinhala'' from a single specimen in poor condition, collected in Sri Lanka in December 1907. In 1917, George Hampson published a description of a new genus ''Agdistopis'' and a new species, ''Agdistopis petrochroa''. His description was based on five specimens collected in Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Singapore. ''A. petrochroa'' was subsequently synonymised with ''A. sinhala''. Hampson considered these moths to belong to the Pyralidae, but noted the remarkable superficial resemblance to ''Agdistis''. In 1932, Edward Meyrick described two species and assigned them both to a new genus ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agdistopis Sinhala
''Agdistopis sinhala'' is a moth of the family Macropiratidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including Sri Lanka, India, Japan and Taiwan. The species was described under three different names during the early decades of the twentieth century, first by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1909, as a member of the widely distributed plume moth genus ''Agdistis'':AGDISTIS SINHALA, ''n.s.''♂. Expanse 24 mm. Antennae ciliated (1), gray. Palpi densely scaled, gray, faintly irrorated with fuscous {{Short pages monitor [Baidu] |
Agdistopis Halieutica
''Agdistopis halieutica'' is a moth in the Macropiratidae family. It is found from Australia ( Northern Territory and Queensland) and New Guinea to Fiji. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1932 as the type species of a new genus ''Macropiratis'':Macropiratis halieutica, n. sp.♂. 29 mm. Head light fuscous, face oblique. Palpi fuscous, very long (4), cylindrical, somewhat thickened and slightly roughened above towards base, terminal joint short, obtuse. Antennal ciliations short. Thorax light fuscous mixed whitish. Forewings very elongate, very narrow at base, gradually dilated, costa moderately arched near apex, termen slightly rounded, oblique; 2 from 3/4; fuscous; costal half whitish-ochreous from base to about 4/5, and neuration sharply marked by white lines along veins 2-8; some dark reddish-brown suffusion beyond this pale area, and on its lower edge in middle of disc; an oblique white streak from apex curved downwards towards tornus but becoming obsolet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agdistopis Griveaudi
''Agdistopis griveaudi'' is a moth in the Macropiratidae Macropiratidae is a family of moths which has sometimes been treated as a subfamily of the Pterophoridae, owing to the resemblance between specimens of Macropiratidae and plume moths of the genus ''Agdistis'', at least when preserved as pinned ... family. It is known from Madagascar.Gibeaux, C. 1994b. ''Insectes Lépidoptères: Pterophoridae.'' - Faune de Madagascar 81. CIRAD - 81:1–176 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4691822 Macropiratidae Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterophoridae
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera". Description and ecology The forewings of plume moths usually consist of two curved spars with more or less bedraggled bristles trailing behind. This resembles the closely related Alucitidae (many-plumed moths) at first glance, but the latter have a greater number of symmetrical plumes. The hindwings are similarly constructed, but have three spars. This unorthodox structure does not prevent flight. A few genera have normal lepidopteran wings. The usual resting posture is with the wings extended laterally and narrowly rolled up. Often they resemble a piece of dried grass, and may pass unnoticed by potential predators even when resting in exposed situations in daylight. Some species have larvae which are stem- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copromorphidae
Copromorphidae, the "tropical fruitworm moths", is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. These moths have broad, rounded forewings, and well-camouflaged scale patterns. Unlike Carposinidae the mouthparts include "labial palps" with the second rather than third segment the longest. With other unusual structural characteristics of the caterpillar and adult, it could represent the sister lineage of all other extant members of this superfamily (Dugdale et al., 1999). The genus ''Sisyroxena'' from Madagascar is also notable for its unusual venation and wing scale sockets (Dugdale et al., 1999). Etymology The word Copromorphidae derives from the Ancient Greek words (') meaning "excrement" and (') meaning "shape" or "appearance", a reference to the visual characteristics of the moths' camouflage. Distribution These moths are widely distributed except the Palearctic region, occurring in Madagascar, India, South East Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Neot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carposinoidea
Carposinoidea, the "fruitworm moths", is a superfamily of insects in the lepidopteran order. The superfamily is also known as Copromorphoidea, which is a junior synonym. These moths are small to medium-sized (10–50 mm. in wingspan) and are broad-winged bearing some resemblance to the superfamilies Tortricoidea and Immoidea. The antennae are often "pectinate" especially in males, and many species of these well camouflaged moths bear raised tufts of scales on the wings and a specialised fringe of scales at the base of the hindwing sometimes in females only; there are a number of other structural characteristics (Common, 1990; Dugdale et al., 1999) . The position of this superfamily is not certain, but it has been placed in the natural group of "Apoditrysi"Obtectomera" (Minet, 1991), rather than with the superfamilies Alucitoidea or Epermenioidea within which it has sometimes previously been placed, on the grounds that shared larval and pupal characteristics of these group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alucitoidea
Aluctoidea is the superfamily of many-plumed and false plume moths. These small moths are most easily recognized by their wings. These each consist of many (typically more than 3) narrow strips of membrane around the major veins, instead of a continuous sheet of membrane between the veins. In living moths in the wild, this is often hard to see however. When they are at rest, the "plumes" partly overlap, appearing as solid wings. But even then, they can be recognized by the wings having a marked lengthwise pattern and uneven edge. They contain two families at most: * Alucitidae – many-plumed moths * Tineodidae – false plume moths Sometimes, only one family is accepted, Tineodidae being merged into Alucitidae with the Alucitoidea thus becoming monotypic. Most of the roughly 160 described species in the superfamily belong to the many-plumed moths; these include a few rather widespread genera. The false plume moths consist of numerous small and well-distinct lineages; no ... [...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] |
Hyblaeidae
Hyblaeidae are the "teak moths", a family of insects in the Lepidopteran order. The two genera with about 18 species make up one of the two families of the Hyblaeoidea superfamily (the other family being the monotypic Prodidactidae), which in the past has been included in the Pyraloidea. Recent phylogenetic studies find varying relationships of Hyblaeoidea among Ditrysian Lepidoptera: Mutanen et al. (2010) find the superfamily to group either with Pyraloidea, or – more often – with Thyridoidea or butterflies. The results of Wahlberg et al. (2013) and Heikilä et al. (2015) indicate a sister-group relationship with Pyraloidea. Males have a specialised "hair-pencil" on the hindleg. The genus ''Hyblaea'' is distributed throughout the Old World tropics, and ''Torone'' in the Neotropics. Caterpillar host plants are well known and comprise almost exclusively species of the families Bignoniaceae, Verbenaceae, the mangrove families Avicenniaceae and Rhizophoraceae The Rhizophor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
