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Agrotera (moth)
''Agrotera'' is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It is the type genus of the tribe Agroterini and currently comprises 28 species distributed in the Afrotropical, Palearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realm. The caterpillars of ''Agrotera'' species feed on a variety of plants in the families Anacardiaceae, Betulaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Fagaceae, Lythraceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae and Rubiaceae. The genera ''Leucinodella'', ''Nistra'', '' Sagariphora'' and ''Tetracona'' have been treated as synonyms of ''Agrotera'' in the past, but a recent taxonomic revision found them to be valid genera. Species *''Agrotera aculeata'' Liu, Qi & Wang, 2020, from Hainan *''Agrotera albalis'' Maes, 2003, from Príncipe *'' Agrotera atalis'' Viette, 1958, from Madagascar *'' Agrotera barcealis'' (Walker, 1859) (syn. ''Leucinodes opalina'' Moore, 1885; syn. ''Zanclopteryx nitida'' Walker, 1866; syn. ''Zebronia indecisalis'' Walker, 1866; syn. ''Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Von Paula Schrank
Franz von Paula Schrank (21 August 1747, in Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist. He was ordained as a priest in Vienna in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology two years later. In 1786 he was named chair of mathematics and physics at the lyceum in Amberg, and in 1784 became a professor of botany and zoology at the University of Ingolstadt (later removed to Landshut). at Catholic Encyclopedia Schrank was the first director of the botanical gardens in from 1809 to 1832. Schrank was the first author to use the name '' |
Fagaceae
The Fagaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species occur as evergreen trees and shrubs. They are characterized by alternate simple leaves with pinnate venation, unisexual flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of cup-like ( cupule) nuts. Their leaves are often lobed and both petioles and stipules are generally present. Their fruits lack endosperm and lie in a scaly or spiny husk that may or may not enclose the entire nut, which may consist of one to seven seeds. In the oaks, genus ''Quercus'', the fruit is a non-valved nut (usually containing one seed) called an acorn. The husk of the acorn in most oaks only forms a cup in which the nut sits. Other members of the family have fully enclosed nuts. Fagaceae is one of the most ecologically important woody plant families in the Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Príncipe
Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Census;Projecção a nível distrital 2012 - 2020 the latest official estimate (at May 2018) was 8,420.Instituto Nacional de Estatística. The island is a heavily eroded volcano speculated to be over three million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agrotera Albalis
''Agrotera albalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was first found on the island of Príncipe, between 450 and 600 m elevation, by Thomas Alexander Barns Thomas Alexander Barns Zoological Society of London, FZS Royal Entomological Society of London, FES (4 June 1881 – 4 March 1930), known in his private life as Alexander Barns, was an English businessman, exploration, explorer, Big game huntin ... in 1926, and first described by Koen V. N. Maes in 2003. References Moths described in 2003 Moths of Africa Spilomelinae Fauna of Príncipe Invertebrates of São Tomé and Príncipe {{Agroterini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly larger, is claimed but not controlled by the PRC. It is instead controlled by the Republic of China, a '' de facto'' separate country. makes up the vast majority (97%) of the province. The name means "south of the sea", reflecting the island's position south of the Qiongzhou Strait, which separates it from Leizhou Peninsula. The province has a land area of , of which Hainan the island is and the rest is over 200 islands scattered across three archipelagos: Zhongsha, Xisha and Nansha. It was part of Guangdong from 1950–88, after which it resumed as a top-tier entity and almost immediately made the largest Special Economic Zone by Deng Xiaoping as part of the then-ongoing Chinese economic reform program. Indigenous peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agrotera Aculeata
Agrotera ( Gr. , "the huntress") was an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis, the most important goddess to Attic hunters. At Agrae on the Ilissos, where she was believed to have first hunted after her arrival from Delos, Artemis Agrotera had a temple, dating to the 5th century BC, with a statue carrying a bow. During the Boedromia, on the seventh day of Boedromion (roughly, the beginning of September), an armed procession would take 600 goats to this temple, where they would all be sacrificed by the polemarch in honor of the victory at the Battle of Marathon. This rite derived from a vow made before the Battle of Marathon, which in turn derived from the custom of making a "slaughter sacrifice", or ''sphagion'' (), to Artemis Agrotera before a battle. The temple was destroyed in 1778, when the Ottoman forces occupying Athens set about demolishing ancient sites for building material to construct a wall around the city. The ruins of the temple survive today on Ardettou Stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxonomy (biology)
In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given a taxonomic rank; groups of a given rank can be aggregated to form a more inclusive group of higher rank, thus creating a taxonomic hierarchy. The principal ranks in modern use are domain, kingdom, phylum (''division'' is sometimes used in botany in place of ''phylum''), class, order, family, genus, and species. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy, as he developed a ranked system known as Linnaean taxonomy for categorizing organisms and binomial nomenclature for naming organisms. With advances in the theory, data and analytical technology of biological systematics, the Linnaean system has transformed into a system of modern biological classification intended to reflect the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetracona
''Tetracona'' is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884 with ''Aediodes amathealis'' Walker, 1859 as type species. The genus was long treated as a synonym of ''Agrotera'', but a recent taxonomic revision of ''Agrotera'' resulted in the re-instatement of ''Tetracona''. The genus is placed in the tribe Agroterini based on the structure of the uncus, featuring a broad base and simple chaetae on the uncus head, a well-developed medial process of the gnathos, the rectangular, elongate valvae with parallel costal and ventral margins, and the notably elongate saccus (at least in ''T. amathealis''). The genus with its three species is known from Australia, New Guinea and China. The caterpillars of ''Tetracona amathealis'' are recorded from ''Eucalyptus tereticornis'' in the Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagariphora
Agroterini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Alexandre Noël Charles Acloque in 1897. Genera Agroterini currently contains 30 genera, altogether comprising 433 species: *'' Aetholix'' Lederer, 1863 *''Agrotera'' Schrank, 1802 (= ''Agroptera'' Hampson, 1899) *''Aiyura'' Munroe, 1974 *'' Bocchoropsis'' Amsel, 1956 *'' Chalcidoptera'' Butler, 1887 (= ''Chaleidoptera'' Carus, 1888, ''Euthalantha'' Snellen, 1895) *'' Chilochromopsis'' Munroe, 1964 *'' Coenostolopsis'' Munroe, 1960 *'' Diastictis'' Hübner, 1818 (= ''Anomostictis'' Warren, 1892, ''Diastichtis'' Forbes, 1923) *'' Framinghamia'' Strand, 1920 *'' Glaucobotys'' Maes, 2008 *''Goliathodes'' Munroe, 1974 *'' Gypodes'' Munroe, 1976 *'' Haritalodes'' Warren, 1890 *''Lygropia'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Hyperthalia'' Warren, 1896) *''Lypotigris'' Hübner, 1825 *''Micromartinia'' Amsel, 1957 (= ''Martinia'' Amsel, 1956) *''Microthyris'' Lederer, 1863 (= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nistra
''Nistra '' is a genus of snout moths in the family Crambidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species ''Nistra coelatalis'', which was formerly included in the genus ''Agrotera''. ''Nistra coelatalis'' was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Borneo, Sumbawa Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast. Along with Lombok, it forms the province of West Nusa Tenggara, but there ... and Sulawesi. The wings are pale yellow with two brown lines. The forewings are partly brownish along the costa with a diffuse purplish tinge in the disc and metallic-purple at the base. The hindwings are metallic-purple at the tips and a metallic-purple patch on each side of the interior angle. References Moths described in 1859 Spilomelinae Moths of Asia {{Spilomelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucinodella
Agroterini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Alexandre Noël Charles Acloque in 1897. Genera Agroterini currently contains 30 genera, altogether comprising 433 species: *'' Aetholix'' Lederer, 1863 *''Agrotera'' Schrank, 1802 (= ''Agroptera'' Hampson, 1899) *''Aiyura'' Munroe, 1974 *'' Bocchoropsis'' Amsel, 1956 *'' Chalcidoptera'' Butler, 1887 (= ''Chaleidoptera'' Carus, 1888, ''Euthalantha'' Snellen, 1895) *'' Chilochromopsis'' Munroe, 1964 *'' Coenostolopsis'' Munroe, 1960 *'' Diastictis'' Hübner, 1818 (= ''Anomostictis'' Warren, 1892, ''Diastichtis'' Forbes, 1923) *'' Framinghamia'' Strand, 1920 *'' Glaucobotys'' Maes, 2008 *''Goliathodes'' Munroe, 1974 *'' Gypodes'' Munroe, 1976 *'' Haritalodes'' Warren, 1890 *''Lygropia'' Lederer, 1863 (= ''Hyperthalia'' Warren, 1896) *''Lypotigris'' Hübner, 1825 *''Micromartinia'' Amsel, 1957 (= ''Martinia'' Amsel, 1956) *'' Microthyris'' Lederer, 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 13,500 species in about 620 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important genera include '' Coffea'', the source of coffee, '' Cinchona'', the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine, ornamental cultivars (''e.g.'', '' Gardenia'', '' Ixora'', '' Pentas''), and historically some dye plants (''e.g.'', '' Rubia''). Description The Rubiaceae are morphologically easily recognizable as a coherent group by a combination of characters: opposite or whorled leaves that are simple and entire, interpetiolar sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
