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Poliana (moth)
''Poliana'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ... and Karl Jordan in 1903. Species *'' Poliana albescens'' Inoue 1996 *'' Poliana buchholzi'' (Plotz 1880) *'' Poliana leucomelas'' Rothschild & Jordan 1915 *'' Poliana micra'' Rothschild & Jordan 1903 *'' Poliana wintgensi'' (Strand 1910) References Sphingini Moth genera Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliana Leucomelas
''Poliana leucomelas'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Thailand. Description Poliana leucomelas MHNT CUT 2010 0 329 Thong Pha Phum Kanchanaburi, female dorsal.jpg, ''Poliana leucomelas'' ♀ Poliana leucomelas MHNT CUT 2010 0 329 Thong Pha Phum Kanchanaburi, female ventral.jpg, ''Poliana leucomelas'' ♀ △ References Sphingini Moths described in 1915 Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan Moths of Asia {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was presented with the Balfour Declaration, which pledged British support for a Jewish national home in Palestine. Rothschild was the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1925 to 1926. Early life Walter Rothschild was born in London as the eldest son and heir of Emma Louise von Rothschild and Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, an immensely wealthy financier of the international Rothschild financial dynasty and the first Jewish peer in England. The eldest of three children, Walter was deemed to have delicate health and was educated at home. As a young man, he travelled in Europe, attending the University of Bonn for a year before entering Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 1889, leaving Cambridge after two years, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Jordan (zoologist, Born 1861)
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan (7 December 1861 – 12 January 1959) was a German-British entomologist. He took a special interest in the taxonomy and classification of butterflies, beetles and fleas. Jordan was a founder of the International Congress of Entomology. Jordan was born in a farming family in Almstedt, raised by an uncle after the death of his father in 1855, finished school in Hildesheim and educated at Göttingen University. After a year of military service, he taught at Münden Grammar School for five years and came in contact with zoologist August Metzger and Count Berlepsch that led to a growth in his natural history interest. Through their recommendation he received an invitation to joined Ernst Hartert at Rotschild's museum. In 1893 he began work at Walter Rothschild's Natural History Museum at Tring, specialising in Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Siphonaptera. Jordan published over 400 papers, many jointly with Charles and Walter Rothschild. He described 2,575 ne ... [...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] |
Poliana Albescens
''Poliana albescens'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Philippines. References Sphingini Moths described in 1996 Moths of the Philippines Taxa named by Hiroshi Inoue {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliana Buchholzi
''Poliana buchholzi'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from western Africa to Uganda and western Kenya. The length of the forewings is 41–45 mm. References Sphingini Moths described in 1880 Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Taxa named by Carl Plötz {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliana Leucomelas
''Poliana leucomelas'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Thailand. Description Poliana leucomelas MHNT CUT 2010 0 329 Thong Pha Phum Kanchanaburi, female dorsal.jpg, ''Poliana leucomelas'' ♀ Poliana leucomelas MHNT CUT 2010 0 329 Thong Pha Phum Kanchanaburi, female ventral.jpg, ''Poliana leucomelas'' ♀ △ References Sphingini Moths described in 1915 Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan Moths of Asia {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliana Micra
''Poliana micra'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from arid scrubland from Somalia to eastern Kenya. The length of the forewings is 22–28 mm. References Sphingini Moths described in 1903 Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poliana Wintgensi
''Poliana wintgensi'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and dry bush from eastern Kenya and Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The length of the forewings is 34–40 mm. References Sphingini Moths described in 1910 Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Taxa named by Embrik Strand {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphingini
Sphingini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae. The tribe was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Taxonomy *Genus '' Amphimoea'' *Genus '' Amphonyx'' *Genus '' Apocalypsis'' *Genus ''Ceratomia'' *Genus '' Cocytius'' *Genus '' Dolba'' *Genus '' Dolbogene'' *Genus '' Dovania'' *Genus '' Ellenbeckia'' *Genus '' Euryglottis'' *Genus '' Hoplistopus'' *Genus '' Ihlegramma'' *Genus '' Isoparce'' *Genus ''Lapara'' *Genus '' Leucomonia'' *Genus ''Lintneria'' *Genus '' Litosphingia'' *Genus '' Lomocyma'' *Genus '' Macropoliana'' *Genus ''Manduca'' *Genus '' Meganoton'' *Genus '' Morcocytius'' *Genus '' Nannoparce'' *Genus '' Neococytius'' *Genus ''Neogene'' *Genus '' Oligographa'' *Genus '' Panogena'' *Genus '' Pantophaea'' *Genus '' Paratrea'' *Genus '' Poliana'' *Genus '' Praedora'' *Genus '' Pseudococytius'' *Genus '' Pseudodolbina'' *Genus '' Psilogramma'' *Genus '' Sagenosoma'' *Genus †'' Sphingidites'' *Genus ''Sphinx'' *Genus '' Thamnoecha'' *Genus '' Xanthopan' ... [...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] |
