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Madoryx
''Madoryx'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Species *'' Madoryx bubastus'' (Cramer, 1777) *'' Madoryx oiclus'' (Cramer, 1779) type species for the genus *'' Madoryx plutonius'' (Hübner __NOTOC__ Hübner is a Germanic surname, sometimes spelled Huebner or Hubner. The name means an agricultural worker, a farmer, possibly and specifically one who worked a "hube", which was a piece of land roughly equivalent to the English measuremen ..., 1819) *'' Madoryx pseudothyreus'' ( Grote, 1865) Gallery Madoryx bubastus MHNT CUT 2010 0 37 Mariposoula male.jpg, ''Madoryx bubastus'' Madoryx oiclus MHNT CUT 2010 0 37 Santa Caterina Brasil male.jpg, ''Madoryx oiclus'' Madoryx plutonius plutonius MHNT CUT 2010 0 161 El Dorado Venezuela male.jpg, ''Madoryx plutonius'' Madoryx pseudothyreus MHNT CUT 2010 0 37 Sanibel island Florida male.jpg, ''Madoryx pseudothyreus'' References Dilophonotini Moth genera T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madoryx Plutonius
''Madoryx plutonius'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Distribution It is known from Suriname, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Costa Rica Colombia and Guatemala. It is probably also present in Panama, and Guyana. Subspecies ''dentatus'' is found in Mexico and Belize. Description The wingspan is 92–120 mm. It differs from all other ''Madoryx'' species in the acute forewing apex. There is a minute, circular, upper silver spot and an elongate, triangular lower silver spot on the forewing upperside. Madoryx plutonius plutonius MHNT CUT 2010 0 161 El Dorado Venezuela male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal Madoryx plutonius plutonius MHNT CUT 2010 0 161 El Dorado Venezuela male ventral.jpg, Male ventral Madoryx plutonius plutonius MHNT CUT 2010 0 298 Route de Belizon Guyane française femelle dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal Madoryx plutonius plutonius MHNT CUT 2010 0 298 Route de Belizon Guyane française femelle ventral.jpg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madoryx Oiclus
''Madoryx oiclus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Suriname, French Guiana and from Venezuela to Costa Rica. It has also been recorded in Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p .... Description The wingspan is 76–93 mm. Madoryx oiclus MHNT CUT 2010 0 37 Santa Caterina Brasil male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal MHNT Madoryx oiclus MHNT CUT 2010 0 37 Santa Caterina Brasil male ventral.jpg, Male ventral MHNT Madoryx oiclus MHNT CUT 2010 0 37 Martinique female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal MHNT Madoryx oiclus MHNT CUT 2010 0 37 Martinique female ventral.jpg, Female ventral MHNT Subspecies *''Madoryx oiclus oiclus'' (Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia, Suriname, French Guiana and from Venezuela to Costa Rica) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madoryx Bubastus
''Madoryx bubastus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Central America (including Costa Rica and Guatemala) and South America, including French Guiana and Venezuela south to at least Bolivia and Argentina. It is also present in Mexico. The wingspan is 92–120 mm. Adults are probably on wing year round. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Guettarda macrosperma ''Guettarda'' is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name velvetseed. Estimates of the number of species range from about 50 Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. ''Th ...''. Subspecies *''Madoryx bubastus bubastus'' *''Madoryx bubastus butleri'' (Kirby, 1877) (Mexico, Guatemala and Belize) References Dilophonotini Moths described in 1777 Taxa named by Pieter Cramer Sphingidae of South America Moths of Central America {{Dilophonotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madoryx Pseudothyreus
''Madoryx pseudothyreus'', the false-windowed sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is known from the tip of Florida down to Cuba and the surrounding West Indies. The wingspan is 66–70 mm. There is a small olive-green basal patch on the forewing upperside which is separated into two spots. There is a brown marginal band on the forewing underside. There are multiple generations per year. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including ''Asystasia gangetica ''Asystasia gangetica'' is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is commonly known as the Chinese violet, coromandelPlants of Hawaii: ''Asystasia gangetica'': http://www.hear.org/starr/images/species/?q=asystasia+gangetica&o=plants, r ...''. The larvae have been recorded feeding on '' Avicennia germinans''. Pupation takes place in cocoons spun amongst leaf litter. References External links * Dilophonotini M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilophonotini
Dilophonotini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae described by Hermann Burmeister in 1878. Taxonomy * Subtribe Dilophonotina Burmeister, 1878 ** Genus '' Aellopos'' Hübner, 1819 ** Genus '' Aleuron'' Boisduval, 1870 ** Genus ''Baniwa'' Lichy, 1981 ** Genus '' Callionima'' Lucas, 1857 ** Genus '' Cautethia'' Grote, 1865 ** Genus ''Enyo'' Hübner, 1819 ** Genus ''Erinnyis'' Hübner, 1819 ** Genus '' Eupyrrhoglossum'' Grote, 1865 ** Genus '' Hemeroplanes'' Hübner, 1819 ** Genus '' Himantoides'' Butler, 1876 ** Genus ''Isognathus'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 ** Genus '' Kloneus'' Skinner, 1923 ** Genus '' Madoryx'' Boisduval, 1875 ** Genus ''Nyceryx'' Boisduval, 1875 ** Genus ''Oryba'' Walker, 1856 ** Genus ''Pachygonidia'' D. S. Fletcher, 1982 ** Genus ''Pachylia'' Walker, 1856 ** Genus ''Pachylioides'' Hodges, 1971 ** Genus ''Perigonia'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 ** Genus '' Phryxus'' Hübner, 1819 ** Genus '' Protaleuron'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 ** Genus ''Pseudosphinx'' Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomologique de France. While best known abroad for his work in entomology, he started his career in botany, collecting a great number of French plant specimens and writing broadly on the topic throughout his career, including the textbook ''Flores française'' in 1828. Early in his career, he was interested in Coleoptera and allied himself with both Jean Théodore Lacordaire and Pierre André Latreille. He was the curator of the Pierre Françoise Marie Auguste Dejean collection in Paris and described many species of beetles, as well as butterflies and moths, resulting from the voyages of the ''Astrolabe'', the expedition ship of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse and the '' Coquille'', that of Louis Isidore Duperrey. He left Paris ... [...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] |
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region.Scoble, Malcolm J. (1995): ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity'' (2nd edition). Oxford University Press & Natural History Museum London. They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their agile and sustained flying ability, similar enough to that of hummingbirds as to be reliably mistaken for them. Their narrow wings and streamlined abdomens are adaptations for rapid flight. The family was named by French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Some hawk moths, such as the hummingbird hawk-moth or the white-lined sphinx, hover in midair while they feed on nectar from flowers, so are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds. This hovering capability is only known to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Cramer
Pieter Cramer (21 May 1721 (baptized) – 28 September 1776), was a wealthy Dutch merchant in linen and Spanish wool, remembered as an entomologist. Cramer was the director of the Zealand Society, a scientific society located in Flushing, and a member of ''Concordia et Libertate'', based in Amsterdam. This literary and patriotic society, where Cramer gave lectures on minerals, commissioned and/or financed the publishing of his book ''De uitlandsche Kapellen'', on foreign (exotic) butterflies, occurring in three parts of the world Asia, Africa and America. Cramer assembled an extensive natural history collection that included seashells, petrifications, fossils and insects of all orders. Many were colourful butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), collected in countries where the Dutch had colonial or trading links, such as Surinam, Ceylon, Sierra Leone and the Dutch East Indies. Cramer decided to get a permanent record of his collection and so engaged the painter Gerrit Wartenaar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. He was one of the first specialists to work on the European Lepidoptera. He described many new species, for example ''Sesia bembeciformis'' and ''Euchloe tagis'', many of them common. He also described many new genus, genera. He was a designer and engraver and from 1786 he worked for three years as a designer and engraver at a cotton factory in Ukraine. There he collected butterflies and moths including descriptions and illustrations of some in ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge'' (1786–1790) along with other new species from the countryside around his home in Augsburg. Hübner's masterwork "Tentamen" was intended as a discussion document. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species of butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columbus, OH: Published by the author. He is best known for his work on North American Noctuidae. A number of species were named after him, including the moth '' Horama grotei''. Early life and family Grote was born in Aigburth, a suburb of Liverpool, in 1841. His mother was English, and his maternal grandfather, Augustus Radcliffe, was a partner in the house of Sir Joseph Bailey. Grote was a first cousin on his mother's side to Ethel Romanes. Grote's father was born in Danzig, and his paternal lineage traced back to Dutch philosopher Hugo Grotius. His family name was changed from 'Grohté' to 'Grote' when his father became an English citizen. Augustus Grote came to New York at age 7, one year after his parents had moved there from England, and spent his youth on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth Genera
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 establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
