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Chalarotona Craspedota
''Chalarotona'' is a genus of moths of the Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wing ... ( Xyloryctinae) family. Species * '' Chalarotona craspedota'' Meyrick, 1890 * '' Chalarotona insincera'' Meyrick, 1890 * '' Chalarotona intabescens'' Meyrick, 1890 * '' Chalarotona melipnoa'' Meyrick, 1890 * '' Chalarotona melitoleuca'' Meyrick, 1890 References Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae genera {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Edward Meyrick came from a clerical family and was born in Ramsbury on 25 November 1854 to the Rev. Edward Meyrick, until his marriage earlier that year a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and his wife Mary Batson of Ramsbury. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He actively pursued his hobby during his schooling, and one colleague stated in 1872 that Meyrick "has not left a lamp, a paling, or a tree unexamined in which a moth could possibly, at any stage of its existence, lie hid." Meyrick began publishing notes on microlepidopterans in 1875, but when in December, 1877 he gained a post at The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, there were greater opportunities for indulging his interest. He st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) and neither subordinate taxon is used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and Diurnal animal, diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the Butterfly, butterflies form a monophyly, 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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xyloryctidae
Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths. The first recorded instance of a common name for these moths comes from Swainson's ''On the History and Natural Arrangement of Insects'', 1840, where members of the genus ''Cryptophasa'' are described as hermit moths. This is an allusion to the caterpillar's habit of living alone in a purely residential burrow in a tree branch, to which it drags leaves at night, attaching them with silk to the entrance to the burrow and consuming the leaves as they dry out. The name 'timber moths' was coined by the Queensland naturalist Rowland Illidge in 1892, later published in 1895,Illidge, R., 1895: Xylorycts, or timber moths. ''Queensland Nat. Hist. Soc. Trans.,'' 1, 29–34. and serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalarotona Craspedota
''Chalarotona'' is a genus of moths of the Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wing ... ( Xyloryctinae) family. Species * '' Chalarotona craspedota'' Meyrick, 1890 * '' Chalarotona insincera'' Meyrick, 1890 * '' Chalarotona intabescens'' Meyrick, 1890 * '' Chalarotona melipnoa'' Meyrick, 1890 * '' Chalarotona melitoleuca'' Meyrick, 1890 References Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae genera {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalarotona Insincera
''Chalarotona insincera'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Tasmania. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is 16–21 mm. The forewings are shining ochreous white and the hindwings are light grey, the apex tinged with whitish ochreous. References Chalarotona Moths described in 1890 {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalarotona Intabescens
''Chalarotona intabescens'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland. The wingspan is 16–23 mm. The forewings are clear ochreous yellowish, generally with a cloudy-grey or dark grey dot above the anal angle, which is sometimes obsolete. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly. The larvae tunnel the flower spikes of several ''Banksia'' species, including ''Banksia ericifolia'', ''Banksia integrifolia'' and ''Banksia serrata'', but also ''Isopogon anethifolius ''Isopogon anethifolius'', commonly known as narrow-leaf drumsticks or narrow-leafed drumsticks, is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. The species is found only in coastal areas near Sydney in New South Wales, and to the immediate west. It occur ...''. References Chalarotona Moths described in 1890 {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalarotona Melipnoa
''Chalarotona melipnoa'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia. The wingspan is 16–21 mm. The forewings are light yellowish ochreous and the hindwings are grey. The larvae bore the flower spikes of ''Banksia ericifolia'' and ''Banksia marginata ''Banksia marginata'', commonly known as the silver banksia, is a species of tree or shrub in the family Proteaceae found throughout much of southeastern Australia. It ranges from the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia to north of Armidale, New ...''. References Chalarotona Moths described in 1890 {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalarotona Melitoleuca
''Chalarotona melitoleuca'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and South Australia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is 11–14 mm. The forewings are rather deep ochreous yellow and the hindwings are ochreous whitish. References Chalarotona Moths described in 1890 {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalarotona
''Chalarotona'' is a genus of moths of the Xyloryctidae (Xyloryctinae) family. Species * ''Chalarotona craspedota'' Meyrick, 1890 * ''Chalarotona insincera'' Meyrick, 1890 * ''Chalarotona intabescens'' Meyrick, 1890 * ''Chalarotona melipnoa'' Meyrick, 1890 * ''Chalarotona melitoleuca ''Chalarotona melitoleuca'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and South Australia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just s ...'' Meyrick, 1890 References Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae genera {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
