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Theretra Oldenlandiae
''Theretra oldenlandiae'', the impatiens hawkmoth, taro hornworm or white-banded hunter hawkmoth, is a member of the family Sphingidae. Distribution Is found in India, Sri Lanka, China, Borneo, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Australia. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Description The species differs from ''Theretra lycetus'' in being greyish brown without pink suffusion and the two dorsal lines on the abdomen are silvery white. There are also oblique stripes on forewing and the sides of abdomen is ochreous, not golden. Hindwing with the submarginal band ochreous and narrow. Theretra oldenlandiae MHNT CUT 2010 0 237 Chiang Mai Thailand male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal Theretra oldenlandiae MHNT CUT 2010 0 237 Chiang Mai Thailand male ventral.jpg, Male ventral Theretra oldenlandiae MHNT CUT 2010 0 308 Chiang Mai Thailand female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal Theretra oldenlandiae MHNT CUT 2010 0 308 Chiang Mai Thailand female ventral.jpg, Female ventral Larva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks Hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |