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Cisthene Angelus
''Cisthene angelus'', the angel lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (February 14, 1866 – January 21, 1929) was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progression in the growth of insect parts, is named after him. He was also noted for eccentric pursuits which includ ... in 1904. It is found in North America. References Cisthenina Moths described in 1904 {{Cisthenina-stub ...
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Harrison Gray Dyar Jr
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (February 14, 1866 – January 21, 1929) was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progression in the growth of insect parts, is named after him. He was also noted for eccentric pursuits which included digging tunnels under his home. He had a complicated personal life and along with his second wife he adopted the Baháʼí Faith. Early life Dyar was born in Linwood Hill, Rhinebeck, New York, to Harrison Gray Dyar and his wife Eleonora Rosella ().Pamela M. Henson: Dyar, Harrison Gray Jr., Baháʼí Library Online, http://bahai-library.com/henson_harrison_dyar. Retrieved Nov 5, 2010.Marc E. Epstein and Pamela M. Henson. 1992. Digging for Dyar, The Man Behind the Myth. ''American Entomologist'' 38:148–169. His father made a fortune as a chemist and inventor, and upon his death in 1875, left Dyar and the family financially independent. He wrote ghost stories for his sister Perle while his mother took a keen interest in spiritualism. ...
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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 ...
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Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (''Catocala''); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, footman and wasp moths (Arctiinae (erebid moths), Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (''Gynaephora groenlandica''); fruit-piercing moths (Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zale (moth), zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae (for example, Crambidae, crambid snout moths). Some of the erebid moths are called owlets. The sizes of the adults range from among the largest of all moths (around wingspan in the Thysania agrippina, white witch) to the smallest of the macromoths ( wingspan in some of the Micronoctuini). The coloration of the adu ...
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Cisthenina
The Cisthenina are a subtribe of lichen moths in the family Erebidae, currently containing 428 described species. Taxonomy The subtribe used to be classified as the tribe Cisthenini of the subfamily Lithosiinae of the family Arctiidae. Genera The following genera are included in the subtribe. *'' Aemene'' *''Bruceia'' *'' Byrsia'' *'' Cisthene'' *'' Clemensia'' *'' Cyclosiella'' *'' Cyclosodes'' *'' Damias'' *'' Eugoa'' *'' Garudinia'' *'' Garudinistis'' *'' Haematomis'' *'' Holocraspedon'' *'' Hypoprepia'' *'' Katmeteugoa'' *'' Lobobasis'' *'' Lycomorpha'' *'' Lycomorphodes'' *''Macaduma'' *''Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...'' *'' Meteugoa'' *'' Neoscaptia'' *'' Oxacme'' *'' Omiosia'' *'' Padenia'' *'' Parascaptia'' *'' Propyria'' *'' Pseudoblabes'' ...
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