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Xyroptila Masaia
''Xyroptila'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species *''Xyroptila aenea'' *''Xyroptila africana'' *''Xyroptila caminites'' *''Xyroptila colluceo'' *''Xyroptila dohertyi'' *''Xyroptila elegans'' *''Xyroptila falciformis'' *''Xyroptila fulbae'' *''Xyroptila irina'' *''Xyroptila kuranda'' *''Xyroptila maklaia'' *''Xyroptila marmarias'' *''Xyroptila masaia'' *''Xyroptila monomotapa'' *''Xyroptila naiwasha'' *''Xyroptila oenophanes'' *''Xyroptila oksana'' *''Xyroptila peltastes'' *''Xyroptila ruvenzori'' *''Xyroptila siami'' *''Xyroptila soma'' *''Xyroptila sybylla'' *''Xyroptila uluru'' *''Xyroptila variegata'' *''Xyroptila vaughani'' *''Xyroptila zambesi'' Xyroptila, Platyptiliini Moth genera {{Pterophoridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |