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Drasteria Pica
''Drasteria yerburyi'' is a moth of the family 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 underwin .... It is found in Somalia, Eritrea, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Iran. The larvae feed on '' Taverniera spartea''. The species is named after the collector of the type specimen Colonel John William Yerbury. References Drasteria Moths described in 1892 Moths of Africa Moths of Asia {{Melipotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Gardiner Butler
Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders. Biography Arthur Gardiner Butler was born at Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. He was the son of Thomas Butler (1809–1908), assistant-secretary to the British Museum.Thomas Butler: He was educated at St. Paul's School,He was admitted 15-03-1854, according to: later receiving a year's tuition in drawing at the Art School of South Kensington. At the British Museum, he was appointed as an officer with two roles, as an assistant-keeper in zoology and as an assistant-librarian in 1879. He retired in 1901 and devoted his later life to his garden and cagebirds. Butler published many works on butterflies and moths, but Reginald Innes Pocock described these as merely "useful". He also published articles on spiders of Australia, the Galápagos, Madagascar Madaga ... [...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] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taverniera Spartea
''Taverniera spartea'' is a perennial leguminous shrub native to arid regions stretching from the Arabian Peninsula through Iran to Pakistan. It thrives in sandy or rocky deserts and dry shrublands. It is a small, silky shrub with reduced or absent trifoliate leaves, pink to pale purple flowers, and spiny, segmented fruits. Description Taverniera spartea is a perennial shrub ranging in height from 45 to 120 centimeters. The plant exhibits a white, silky indumentum across its surfaces. Leaves are typically palmately trifoliolate, though often reduced to a single leaflet or absent. Leaflets, when present, measure approximately 10 mm or less in length and about 8 mm in width, with entire margins. The inflorescence takes the form of an axillary raceme bearing one to three flowers. The peduncle measures 1–2 mm in length and is sericeous, as are the individual pedicels, which are 1–1.5 mm long. The corolla is pink to pale purple, marked with dark purple veins. The standard petal m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John William Yerbury
John William Yerbury (30 March 1847 – 10 November 1927) was a British Indian army officer and a naturalist. He collected birds, insects, reptiles, and mollusc specimens which were sent to the British Museum (Natural History) during his service across British India with numerous species described from his collections and several named after him. Life and work Yerbury was born near Saharanpur, Ambala, where his namesake father Major Yerbury (1804-1858), posted with the 3rd Light Dragoons, was travelling. His mother Emma nee Webb, was travelling on elephant back at the time of his birth according to a family story. The family returned to England around 1854 and lived at Belcombe Court in Bradford-on-Avon. After the death of his father, Yerbury went to Wellington College and in 1862 to Dr William Bridgman's Woolwich Common school. He enrolled at the Royal Military Academy in 1865 and was a posted Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1868. He served in India and Yemen, with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drasteria
''Drasteria'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species The genus includes the following species: * ''Drasteria aberrans'' Staudinger, 1888 * ''Drasteria adumbrata'' Behr, 1870 * ''Drasteria antiqua'' Staudinger, 1889 * ''Drasteria austera'' John, 1921 * ''Drasteria axuana'' Püngeler, 1906 * ''Drasteria biformata'' H. Edwards, 1878 * ''Drasteria cailino'' Lefèbvre, 1827 * ''Drasteria cashmirensis'' Hampson, 1894 * ''Drasteria catocalis'' Staudinger, 1882 * ''Drasteria caucasica'' Kolenati, 1846 * ''Drasteria chinensis'' Alphéraky, 1892 * ''Drasteria coenobita'' (Kruger, 1939) * ''Drasteria convergens'' Mustelin, 2006 * ''Drasteria divergens'' Behr, 1870 * ''Drasteria edwardsii'' Behr, 1870 * ''Drasteria eubapta'' Hampson, 1926 * ''Drasteria flexuosa'' Ménétriés, 1848 * ''Drasteria fumosa'' Strecker, 1898 * ''Drasteria grandirena'' Haworth, 1809 * ''Drasteria graphica'' Hübner, 1818 * ''Drasteria habibazel'' Dumont, 1922 * ''Drasteria hastingsii'' (Edwards, 1881) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths Described In 1892
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths Of Africa
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is 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 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 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
