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Sabalia Fulvicincta
''Sabalia fulvicincta'' is a moth in the family Brahmaeidae (older classifications placed it in Lemoniidae). It was described by George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ... in 1901. References Brahmaeidae Moths described in 1901 {{Bombycoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills of the Madras presidency (now Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...), where he became interested in moths and butterflies. When he returned to England he became a voluntary worker at the Natural History Museum, where he wrote ''The Lepidoptera of the Nilgiri District'' (1891) and ''The Lepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon'' (1893) as parts 8 and 9 of ''Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera of the British Museum''. He then commenced work on '' The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brahmaeidae
Brahmaeidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera, commonly known as Brahmin moths. It includes species formerly included in the family Lemoniidae.Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (2018) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22236. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236 Diversity The family consists of 9 genera. Genera *''Acanthobrahmaea'' *''Brachygnatha'' *''Brahmaea'' *''Brahmidia'' *''Calliprogonos'' *''Dactyloceras'' *''Lemonia'' *''Sabalia'' *''Spiramiopsis ''Spiramiopsis'' is a genus of moths in the family Brahmaeidae. It contains the single species ''Spiramiopsis comma'', which is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost countr ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2287498 Moth families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |