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Oryba Kadeni
''Oryba kadeni'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Schaufuss in 1870. Distribution It is found from Central America (including Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and possibly Belize) to Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and French Guiana. Description The wingspan is 102–116 mm. It is a large, heavy-bodied and large-eyed species with a bright green upperside and orange underside. The marginal band of the forewing upperside is strongly convex. Females have forewings which are much more rounded than those of the males. Oryba kadeni MHNT CUT 2010 0 126 Bolivia male dorsal.jpg, ''Oryba kadeni'' ♂ Oryba kadeni MHNT CUT 2010 0 126 Bolivia male ventral.jpg, ''Oryba kadeni'' ♂ △ Oryba kadeni MHNT CUT 2010 0 450 Villa María del Triunfo Peru - female dorsal.jpg, ''Oryba kadeni'' ♀ Oryba kadeni MHNT CUT 2010 0 450 Villa María del Triunfo Peru - female ventral.jpg, ''Oryba kadeni'' ♀ △ Biology There are probably multiple generatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Wilhelm Schaufuss
Ludwig Wilhelm Schaufuss (24 August 1833, in Greiz – 16 July 1890, in Dresden) was a self-taught German natural scientist. He worked as a researcher mainly in zoology (entomology) and he discovered unknown insects mainly Coleoptera. Ludwig Schaufuss mastered taxidermy under Oskar Klocke. In 1857 he purchased the Klocke dealership and sold with his wife animal preparations and educational materials worldwide at first under the name E. Klocke. Schaufuss owned and edited the entomological magazine ''Nunquam Otiosus''. His son Camillo Festivus Christian Schaufuss, also an entomologist, took over the dealership in Dresden. In 1865 he was elected a Member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Works Very numerous and including two monographs Partial list *Schaufuss, L.W. 1866. Monographie der Scydmaeniden Central- und Südamerika's. ''Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum'' 33(6), 1–103, pls. 1–4. 867*Schaufuss, L.W. 1884. Die Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Ekuatur Nunka''), is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about west of the mainland. The country's capital and largest city is Quito. The territories of modern-day Ecuador were once home to a variety of Indigenous groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphingidae Of South America
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] |
Moths Described In 1870
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] |
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] |
Isertia Laevis
''Isertia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 15 species of shrubs or small trees that are indigenous to the neotropics. A few are cultivated as ornamentals.Huxley AJ, Griffiths M, Levy M, editors. 1992. ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening.'' The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. Systematics ''Isertia'' was named by Johann von Schreber in 1789. The generic name honors the German botanist and explorer Paul Erdmann Isert. ''Isertia'' is divided into two sections: section Cassupa and section Isertia. In section Cassupa, the fruit is a berry and the ovary usually has two or three locules. In section Isertia, the fruit is a pyrene and the ovary usually has five or six locules. Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that ''Isertia'' is most closely related to ''Kerianthera'', a monospecific genus from Amazonian Brazil. Species *''Isertia coccinea'' *''Isertia haenkeana'' *'' Isert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 , the official record for a living bird. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc., and other aircraft such as ornithopters. In humans, the term wingspan also refers to the arm span, which is distance between the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips) to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90º angle. Former professional basketball player Manute Bol stood at and owned one of the largest wingspans at . Wingspan of aircraft The wingspan of an aircraft is always measured in a straight line, from wingtip to wingtip, independently of wing shape or sweep. Implications for aircraft design and anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. It borders Brazil to the east and south and Suriname to the west. With a land area of , French Guiana is the second-largest Regions of France, region of France (more than one-seventh the size of Metropolitan France) and the largest Special member state territories and the European Union, outermost region within the European Union. It has a very low population density, with only . (Its population is less than that of Metropolitan France.) Half of its 294,436 inhabitants in 2022 lived in the metropolitan area of Cayenne, its Prefectures in France, capital. 98.9% of the land territory of French Guiana is covered by forests, a large part of which is Old-growth forest, primeval Tropical r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peru
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Bolivia
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Herbert Druce
Herbert Druce, FLS (14 July 1846, in London – 11 April 1913, in London) was an English entomologist. His collections were acquired by Frederick DuCane Godman (1834–1919), Osbert Salvin (1835–1898), and James John Joicey (1870–1932) before being bequeathed to the Natural History Museum, London. He is not to be confused with his son, the English entomologist Hamilton Herbert Druce (1869 – 21 June 1922), who also worked on Lepidoptera. Partial list of publications * Druce, H., 1872 with Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844–1925), Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera from Costa Rica. ''Cistula entomologica'', 1 : 95–118. (1872) * Druce, H., 1873. A list of the Collections of Diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Lowe in Borneo. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. It was founded in 1826. Since 1828, it has maintained the Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
