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Molopostola
''Molopostola'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d .... Species * '' Molopostola calumnias'' Meyrick, 1926 * '' Molopostola rufitecta'' Meyrick, 1920 References Gelechiinae Gelechiidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Gelechiinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molopostola Calumnias
''Molopostola calumnias'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Brazil. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is about 14 mm for males and 21 mm for females. The forewings are shining white with the costal edge blackish near the base and with a streak of dark fuscous suffusion along the costa from before the middle to the apex, including a fine white striga from the costa at two-thirds, very obliquely to near the apex, the costa above this brownish. There is a broad irregular streak of fuscous suffusion more or less suffused with black in males, extending along the dorsum from one-fifth to the tornus but tending to be more or less interrupted beyond the middle. The discal stigmata are very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molopostola Rufitecta
''Molopostola rufitecta'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in French Guiana. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 19–20 mm. The forewings are white, with irregularly scattered dark fuscous scales and an irregular black dot on the base of the costa, and one near the base in the middle. There is a black dot beneath the fold at one-fourth and a reddish-brown costal streak from before the middle to the apex, cut by a very oblique white striga from three-fourths of the costa, before this suffused dark fuscous on the costal edge. The discal stigmata are represented by small brown spots mixed dark fuscous and there is an elongate black mark towards the apex and one at the apex, as well as some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelechiinae
Gelechiinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854. Taxonomy The subfamily includes the following tribes and genera: *Litini Bruand, 1859 **''Agnippe'' Chambers, 1872 **''Altenia'' Sattler, 1960 **'' Angustialata'' Omelko, 1988 **''Arcutelphusa'' Lee & Brown, 2008 **''Argyrolacia'' Keifer, 1936 **''Arogalea'' Walsingham, 1910 **''Carpatolechia'' Capuse, 1964 **''Chorivalva'' Omelko, 1988 **''Coleotechnites'' Chambers, 1880 **''Concubina'' Omelko & Omelko, 2004 **''Exoteleia'' Wallengren, 1881 ** ''Glauce'' Chambers, 1875 **''Istrianis'' Meyrick, 1918 **''Neotelphusa'' Janse, 1958 **'' Parachronistis'' Meyrick, 1925 **''Parastenolechia'' Kanazawa, 1985 **'' Piskunovia'' Omelko, 1988 **''Pragmatodes'' Walsingham, 908/small> **'' Protoparachronistis'' Omelko, 1986 **''Pseudotelphusa'' Janse, 1958 **''Pubitelphusa'' Lee & Brown, 2013 **'' Recurvaria'' Haworth, 1828 **''Schistophila'' Chrétien, 1899 **'' Schneidereri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) 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 Welsh clerical family and was born in Ramsbury on the Kennet to a namesake father. 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 stayed in Australia for ten years (from 1877 until the end of 1886) working a ... [...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] |
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dispute. These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls. Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga'') is a host plant common to many species of the family, particularly of the genus '' Chionodes'', which as a result is more diverse in North America than usual for Gelechioidea. By the late 20th century, over 900 genera with altogether more than 4,500 species were placed here, with about 650 genera known from North America alone. While these figures are certainly outdated, due to the many revisions to superfamily Gelechioidea and new descriptions of twirler moths, they still serve to show the enormous biodiversity contained in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelechiidae Genera
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dispute. These are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings. The larvae of most species feed internally on various parts of their host plants, sometimes causing galls. Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga'') is a host plant common to many species of the family, particularly of the genus ''Chionodes'', which as a result is more diverse in North America than usual for Gelechioidea. By the late 20th century, over 900 genera with altogether more than 4,500 species were placed here, with about 650 genera known from North America alone. While these figures are certainly outdated, due to the many revisions to superfamily Gelechioidea and new descriptions of twirler moths, they still serve to show the enormous biodiversity contained in this impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
