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Macrobathra Pyrodoxa
''Macrobathra pyrodoxa'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ .... It is found on New Ireland. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Macrobathra Moths described in 1926 {{Macrobathra-stub ...
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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 ...
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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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Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small 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 (s ...s with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. The taxonomic family is most diverse in the Australian and Pacific region with about 780 species. Several genera formerly included here have been moved to the Agonoxeninae. Taxonomy The family consists of four subfamilies: *Subfamily Antequerinae Hodges, 1978 *Subfamily Chrysopeleiinae Mosher, 1916 *Subfamily Cosmopteriginae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 *Subfamily Scaeosophinae Meyrick, 1922 Genera The following genera are in subfamily Cosmopteriginae or not assigned to a subfamily: ...
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New Ireland (island)
New Ireland (Tok Pisin: ''Niu Ailan''), or Latangai, is a large island in Papua New Guinea, approximately in area with 120,000 people. It is named after the island of Ireland. It is the largest island of New Ireland Province, lying northeast of the island of New Britain. Both islands are part of the Bismarck Archipelago, named after Otto von Bismarck, and they are separated by Saint George's Channel (Papua New Guinea), Saint George's Channel. The administrative centre of the island and of New Ireland province is the town of Kavieng located at the northern end of the island. While the island was part of German New Guinea, it was named Neumecklenburg ("New Mecklenburg"). Geography The island is part of the Bismarck Archipelago and is often described as having the shape of a musket. New Ireland is surrounded by the Bismarck Sea in the southwest and by the Pacific Ocean in the northeast. For much of its in length, the island's width varies between less than to , yet the c ...
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Macrobathra
''Macrobathra'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Most species are endemic to Australia. Species *'' Macrobathra allocrana'' Turner, 1916 *'' Macrobathra allophyla'' (Turner, 1944) *'' Macrobathra alternatella'' (Walker, 1864) *'' Macrobathra anacampta'' Meyrick, 1914 *'' Macrobathra anemarcha'' Meyrick, 1886 *'' Macrobathra anemodes'' Meyrick, 1886 *'' Macrobathra aneurae'' Turner, 1932 *'' Macrobathra anisodora'' Meyrick, 1924 *'' Macrobathra antimeloda'' Meyrick, 1930 *'' Macrobathra aphristis'' Meyrick, 1889 *'' Macrobathra arneutis'' *'' Macrobathra arrectella'' (Walker, 1864) *'' Macrobathra asemanta'' Lower, 1894 *'' Macrobathra astrota'' Meyrick, 1914 *'' Macrobathra auratella'' Viette, 1958 *'' Macrobathra baliomitra'' Turner, 1932 *'' Macrobathra basisticha'' (Turner, 1936) *'' Macrobathra bigerella'' (Walker, 1864) *'' Macrobathra brontodes'' Meyrick, 1886 *'' Macrobathra callipetala'' Turner, 1932 *'' Macrobathra callispila'' Turner, 1916 *'' Macroba ...
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