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Syllepte Torsipex
''Syllepte torsipex'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ..., Sierra Leone and in Zambia. References *[//archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen98scie#page/n901/mode/1up Hampson, G. F. 1899a. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae, part 1. - ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1898(4):715, pl. 49 (XLIX)–fig.12] * Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Insects of West Africa Moths described in 1898 Moths of Africa Syllepte, torsipex Taxa named by George Hampson {{Syllepte-stub ... [...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 assistant at the museum in March 1895, and, after succeeding to his baronetcy A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |