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Pterophorus Furcatalis
''Pterophorus furcatalis'', the Pittosporum plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was Species description, first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Frances Walker and is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand. This species can be found throughout the North Island, North, South Island, South and Stewart Island, Stewart Islands. Its preferred habitat is dense native bush. Larval host plants include ''Pittosporum eugenioides'' and ''Pittosporum crassicaule''. Adult moths are on the wing from November to March and are attracted to light. Taxonomy This species was first described by Frances Walker in 1864 and named ''Aciptilus furcatalis''. Walker used specimens from Colonel Bolton collected in Auckland and T.R. Oxley collected in Nelson. In 1913 Edward Meyrick placed ''Aciptilus furcatalis'' into the genus ''Alucita''. In 1928 George Hudson (entomologist), George Hudson followed Meyrick's placement discussing and illustrating this species in his 1928 publication ''Th ... [...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] |
John S
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Fauna Of New Zealand
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths Of New Zealand
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] |
Pterophorus
''Pterophorus'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species The genus includes the following species: * ''Pterophorus africanus'' Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010 * ''Pterophorus albidus'' (Philipp Christoph Zeller, Zeller, 1852) * ''Pterophorus aliubasignum'' Cees Gielis, Gielis, 2000 * ''Pterophorus ashanti'' Arenberger, 1995 * ''Pterophorus bacteriopa'' * ''Pterophorus baliolus'' * ''Pterophorus candidalis'' * ''Pterophorus ceraunia'' * ''Pterophorus chosokeialis'' * ''Pterophorus cleronoma'' * ''Pterophorus dallastai'' * ''Pterophorus denticulata'' * ''Pterophorus ebbei'' * ''Pterophorus elaeopus'' * ''Pterophorus erratus'' * ''Pterophorus flavus'' * ''Pterophorus furcatalis'' * ''Pterophorus innotatalis'' * ''Pterophorus ischnodactyla'' * ''Pterophorus kuningus'' * ''Pterophorus lacteipennis'' * ''Pterophorus lamottei'' * ''Pterophorus lampra'' * ''Pterophorus legrandi'' * ''Pterophorus leucadactylus'' * ''Pterophorus lieftincki'' * ''Ptero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths Described In 1864
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] |
Pittosporum Eugenioides 192476488
''Pittosporum'' ( or ) is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. The genus is probably Gondwanan in origin; its present range extends from Australasia, Oceania, eastern Asia and some parts of Africa. ''Citriobatus'' can be included here, but might be a distinct (though closely related) genus. They are commonly known as pittosporums or, more ambiguously, cheesewoods. The species are trees and shrubs growing to 2–30 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged or whorled, simple, with an entire or waved (rarely lobed) margin. The flowers are produced singly or in umbels or corymbs, each flower with five sepals and five petals; they are often sweetly scented. The fruit is a woody seed capsule, which bursts on ripening to release the numerous seeds. The seeds are coated with a sticky resinous substance. The genus is named after their sticky seeds, from the Greek meaning "pitch-seed". Tarata (''P. eugenioides'') and kohuhu ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterophorus Monospilalis
''Pterophorus monospilalis,'' the white plume moth'','' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand and occurs throughout the country. It inhabits native forest, parks and domestic gardens. Larvae are active during the day, are slow moving, and feed exposed. They feed on ''Pseudopanax'' species as well as on ''Hedera helix, Meryta sinclairii,'' and ''Schefflera digitata.'' There are several broods in a year. Adult moths are on the wing from November until May and are attracted to light. Taxonomy This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1864 and named ''Aciptilus monospilalis''. In 1875 Cajetan von Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer, thinking they were describing a new species, named it ''Aciptilia patruelis.'' In 1885 Meyrick synonymised ''A. patruelis'' with ''A. monospilalis''. In the same publication Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, also named this species as ''Aciptilia lycosema''. Merick described both ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterophorus Furcatalis 330923769
''Pterophorus'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species The genus includes the following species: * '' Pterophorus africanus'' Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010 * ''Pterophorus albidus'' ( Zeller, 1852) * ''Pterophorus aliubasignum'' Gielis, 2000 * '' Pterophorus ashanti'' Arenberger, 1995 * '' Pterophorus bacteriopa'' * '' Pterophorus baliolus'' * '' Pterophorus candidalis'' * '' Pterophorus ceraunia'' * ''Pterophorus chosokeialis'' * '' Pterophorus cleronoma'' * '' Pterophorus dallastai'' * '' Pterophorus denticulata'' * '' Pterophorus ebbei'' * ''Pterophorus elaeopus'' * ''Pterophorus erratus'' * '' Pterophorus flavus'' * ''Pterophorus furcatalis'' * ''Pterophorus innotatalis'' * '' Pterophorus ischnodactyla'' * ''Pterophorus kuningus'' * ''Pterophorus lacteipennis'' * '' Pterophorus lamottei'' * '' Pterophorus lampra'' * '' Pterophorus legrandi'' * ''Pterophorus leucadactylus'' * '' Pterophorus lieftincki'' * '' Pterophorus lindneri'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural History Museum, London
The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Natural History Museum's main frontage, however, is on Cromwell Road. The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. The museum is a centre of research specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Charles Darwin. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture—sometimes dubbed a ''cathedral of nature''—both exemplified by the large ''Diplodocus'' cast that domina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lectotype
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the defining features of that particular taxon. In older usage (pre-1900 in botany), a type was a taxon rather than a specimen. A taxon is a scientifically named grouping of organisms with other like organisms, a set that includes some organisms and excludes others, based on a detailed published description (for example a species description) and on the provision of type material, which is usually available to scientists for examination in a major museum research collection, or similar institution. Type specimen According to a precise set of rules laid down in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) and the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN), the scientific name of every taxon is almost a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cees Gielis
Cees Gielis is a Dutch entomologist and researcher of biodiversity, specializing in Lepidoptera, at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands. As of March 2019, Gielis authored 378 taxa within the family of 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 assemblag ... and 19 within the family of Alucitidae. Publications See Wikispecies below. References External links * Living people 21st-century Dutch zoologists Dutch entomologists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Netherlands-scientist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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