Toxobotys Nea
''Toxobotys'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Toxobotys aureans'' Rose & Kirti, 1989 *''Toxobotys boveyi'' Bänziger, 1987 *''Toxobotys praestans ''Toxobotys praestans'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe Eugene Gordon Munroe (8 September 1919 – 31 May 2008) was a Canadian entomologist who discovered numerous species of insects. He worked for the I ...'' Munroe & Mutuura, 1968 References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Pyraustinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe {{Pyraustinae-stub ...
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Eugene Munroe
Eugene Gordon Munroe (8 September 1919 – 31 May 2008) was a Canadian entomologist who discovered numerous species of insects. He worked for the Insect Systematics and Biological Control Unit, Entomology Division in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Munroe was "the acknowledged authority on the Pyraloidea The Pyraloidea (pyraloid moths or snout moths) are a moth superfamily containing about 16,000 described species worldwide, and probably at least as many more remain to be described. They are generally fairly small moths, and as such, they have b ... worldwide for many years". From 1976 to 1982, he also served as editor-in-chief of ''Moths of America North of Mexico''. Authored taxa * Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe Publications Monroe published more than 200 papers, including: * Munroe, E.G. 1948: The geographical distribution of butterflies in the West Indies. Ph.D. thesis. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. * Munroe, E.G. 1959: New Pyralidae from the Papuan Region (Lepidoptera) ...
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