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Brenthia Sapindella
''Brenthia sapindella'' is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is known from Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea .... The length of the forewings is 3.6-3.8 mm for males and 3.8–4 mm for females. The larvae feed on '' Sapindus raponarius''. References Brenthia Endemic fauna of Cuba {{choreutidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Busck
Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over 600 species. His collections of Lepidoptera from North America and the Panama Canal Zone are held by the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Publications Busck authored and co-authored over 150 papers, among them: * 1902: A list of the North American Lepidoptera and key to the literature of this order of insects. Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.; assisted by Charles H. Fernald, Ph.D., the late Rev. George Duryea Hulst, and August Busck. ''Bulletin of the United States National Museum'': 52. * 1911: Descriptions of tineoid moths (Microlepidoptera) from South America. ''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'', Volume 40, Issue: 1815:205–230. * 1915: with Lord Walsingham, Volume IV (1909–1915) of ''Biologia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choreutidae
Choreutidae, or metalmark moths, are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order whose relationships have been long disputed. It was placed previously in the superfamily Yponomeutoidea in family Glyphipterigidae and in superfamily Sesioidea. It is now considered to represent its own superfamily (Minet, 1986). The relationship of the family to the other lineages in the group "Apoditrysianeed a new assessment, especially with new molecular data. Distribution The moths occur worldwide, with 19 genera in three subfamilies defined by the structural characteristics of the immature stages (larvae and pupae), rather than the characters of the adults (Heppner and Duckworth, 1981; Rota, 2005). Behaviour These small moths often bear metallic scalesand are mostly day-flying (some also come to lights), with a jerky, pivoting behaviour, and may fluff up their wings at an extreme angle. Some tropical exemplars such as the genus '' Saptha'' are quite spectacular, with bright green metalli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapindus Raponarius
''Sapindus'' is a genus of about five to twelve species of shrubs and small trees in the lychee family, Sapindaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. The genus includes both deciduous and evergreen species. Members of the genus are commonly known as soapberries or soapnuts because the fruit pulp is used to make soap. The generic name is derived from the Latin words ''sapo'', meaning "soap", and ''indicus'', meaning "of India". The leaves are alternate, long, pinnate (except in ''S. oahuensis'', which has simple leaves), with 14-30 leaflets, the terminal leaflet often absent. The flowers form in large panicles, each flower small, creamy white. The fruit is a small leathery-skinned drupe in diameter, yellow ripening blackish, containing one to three seeds. Uses The drupes (soapnuts) contain saponins, which have surfactant properties, having been used for washing by ancient Asian and American peoples. A number of other uses for ''Sap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenthia
''Brenthia'' is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae. Species *'' Brenthia albimaculana'' (Snellen, 1875) *'' Brenthia anisopa'' Diakonoff, 1968 *'' Brenthia ardens'' Meyrick, 1912 *'' Brenthia buthusalis'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Brenthia caelicola'' Meyrick, 1910 *'' Brenthia carola'' Meyrick, 1912 *''Brenthia catenata'' Meyrick, 1907 *'' Brenthia confluxana'' (Walker, 1863) *''Brenthia coronigera'' Meyrick, 1918 *'' Brenthia cubana'' Heppner, 1985 *''Brenthia cyanaula'' Meyrick, 1912 *'' Brenthia diplotaphra'' Meyrick, 1938 *'' Brenthia dendronympha'' Meyrick, 1937 *'' Brenthia elachista'' Walsingham, 1900 *''Brenthia elongata'' Heppner, 1985 *'' Brenthia entoma'' Diakonoff, 1982 *'' Brenthia excusana'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Brenthia formosensis'' Issiki, 1930 *'' Brenthia gamicopis'' Meyrick, 1930 *'' Brenthia gregori'' Heppner, 1985 *'' Brenthia harmonica'' Meyrick, 1918 *'' Brenthia hexaselena'' Meyrick, 1909 *'' Brenthia hibiscusae'' Heppner, 1985 *''Brenthia leptocosma ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
