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Stenoma Farraria
''Stenoma farraria'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Guyana. The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are brownish, slightly and obscurely whitish sprinkled. The plical and second discal stigmata are darker brown and there are three faint irregular darker transverse lines, the first hardly traceable, the second from three-fifths of the costa to four-fifths of the dorsum, the third from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, somewhat curved. There is a marginal series of dark fuscous dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are dark grey. References Moths described in 1915 Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Stenoma {{Stenoma-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Edward Meyrick came from a Welsh clerical family and was born in Ramsbury on the Kennet to a namesake father. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He actively pursued his hobby during his schooling, and one colleague stated in 1872 that Meyrick "has not left a lamp, a paling, or a tree unexamined in which a moth could possibly, at any stage of its existence, lie hid." Meyrick began publishing notes on microlepidopterans in 1875, but when in December, 1877 he gained a post at The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, there were greater opportunities for indulging his interest. He stayed in Australia for ten years (from 1877 until the end of 1886) working at Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |