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''Abraxas'', the magpie moths, is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was first described by William Elford Leach in 1815. Description Palpi wikt:porrect, porrect (extending forward) and roughly scaled. Hind tibia of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of hair. Forewings with vein 3 from before angle of cell and veins 7, 8, 9 and 10, 11 stalked. Vein 11 becoming coincident with vein 12, or apparently absent. Hindwings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Species The genus includes the following species: * ''Abraxas adilluminata'' Inoue, 1984 * ''Abraxas albiplaga'' (Warren, 1894) * ''Abraxas albiquadrata'' (Warren, 1897) * ''Abraxas antinebulosa'' Inoue, 1984 * ''Abraxas breueri'' Stüning & Hausmann, 2002 * ''Abraxas capitata'' Warren, 1894 * ''Abraxas celidota'' Wehrli, 1931 * ''Abraxas consputa'' Bastelberger, 1909 * ''Abraxas cupreilluminata'' Inoue, 1984 * ''Abraxas degener'' Warren, 1894 * ''Abraxas disrupta'' Warren, 1894 * ''Abraxas expectata'' Warren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Life and work Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney. At the age of twelve he began a medical apprenticeship at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Devonshire and Exeter Hospital, studying anatomy and chemistry. By this time he was already collecting marine animals from Plymouth Sound and along the Devon coast. At seventeen he began studying medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, finishing his training at the University of Edinburgh before graduating Doctor of Medicine, MD from the University of St Andrews (where he had never studied). From 1813 Leach concentrated on his zoological interests and was employed as an 'Assistant Librarian' (what would later be called Assistant Keeper) in the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Department of the British Museum, where he had responsibility for the zoological collections. Here ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
