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Progonia Perarcuata
''Progonia'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1896. Species Some species of this genus are: *''Progonia acutivalva'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo *''Progonia aenicta'' D. S. Fletcher, 1961 Uganda *''Progonia boisduvalalis'' Viette, 1961 Madagascar *''Progonia brunnealis'' (Wileman & South, 1916) Taiwan *''Progonia diagonalis'' (Collenette, 1928) Tahiti *''Progonia erectivalva'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo *''Progonia fonteialis'' (Walker, 1859) Borneo, Sulawesi *''Progonia grisea'' (Hampson, 1905) southern Africa *''Progonia innupta'' (Collenette, 1928) Tahiti *''Progonia kurosawai'' Owada, 1987 Japan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Borneo, Sulawesi *''Progonia luctuosa'' (Hampson, 1902) southern Africa *''Progonia matilei'' Orhant, 2001 *''Progonia oileusalis'' (Walker, [1859]) Borneo, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Philippines *''Progonia perarcuata'' (Hampson, 1902) *''Progonia serrativalva'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo *''Prog ... [...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 an assistant at the museum in March 1895, and, after succeeding to his baronetcy in 1896, he was promoted to the acting assistant keeper in 1901. He then worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |