William Noye (1814 – 1 November 1872) was an English amateur
entomologist
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
and his paper on insects found in the
Land's End district was the first published account of the Cornish
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
.
[F H N Smith (1997). ''The Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly''. Wallingford: Gem Publishing Company.]
List of publications
# Noye, W. (1846) "List of Insects (Lepidoptera) found in the district of the Land's End". ''Transactions of the Natural History and Antiquarian Society of Penzance''. 1: 90–94.
# Noye, W. (1846) "Observations on the Death's-head Moth (''
Acherontia atropos
''Acherontia atropos'', the African death's-head hawkmoth, is the most widely recognized of three species within the genus '' Acherontia'' (the other two being ''Acherontia lachesis'' and ''Acherontia styx''). It is most commonly identified by th ...
'')". ''Transactions of the Natural History and Antiquarian Society of Penzance''. 1: 122.
# Noye, W. (1846) "Capture of ''Acherontia atropos'' at Land's End 28.4.1846". ''Zoologist''. 4: 1345.
# Noye, W. (1847) "Lists of Insects (Lepidoptera) found in the district of the Land's End". ''Transactions of the Natural History and Antiquarian Society of Penzance''. 1: 164–168.
# Noye, W. (1848) "Lists of Insects (Lepidoptera) found in the district of the Land's End". ''Transactions of the Natural History and Antiquarian Society of Penzance''. 1: 203–210.
See also
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Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society
Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society (1839–1961) was a local society founded in Penzance in Cornwall, England, UK, whose aim was "the cultivation of the science of Natural History, and for the investigation of the Antiquities refer ...
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List of people from Cornwall
References
External links
Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society
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1814 births
1872 deaths
People from Paul, Cornwall
19th-century British zoologists
English lepidopterists
Scientists from Cornwall
Australian people of Cornish descent
British emigrants to Australia
Australian lepidopterists
19th-century Australian zoologists