''Dolecta'' is a genus of
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 in the family
Cossidae
The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are Lepidopter ...
. It is endemic to the
Neotropical biogeographic region.
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Species
24 species are recognized in this genus, plus one more of uncertain taxonomic placement:[
* '' Dolecta akhmatovae'' (named after Russian poet ]Anna Akhmatova
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; , . ( – 5 March 1966), better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova,. ...
)
* '' Dolecta amanosa''
* '' Dolecta aroa''
* '' Dolecta bulgakovi'' (named after Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( ; rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel ''The M ...
)
* '' Dolecta chekhovi'' (named after Russian writer and playwright Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...
)
* '' Dolecta dostoevskyi'' (named after Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature, and many of his works are considered highly influent ...
)
* ''Dolecta egipan
''Dolecta'' is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae. It is endemic to the Neotropical biogeographic region.
Species
24 species are recognized in this genus, plus one more of uncertain taxonomic placement:
* '' Dolecta akhmatovae'' (named af ...
''
* '' Dolecta esenini'' (named after Russian poet Sergei Yesenin
Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (, ; 1895 – 28 December 1925), sometimes spelled as Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. One of his narratives was "lyrical evocations ...
, or Esenin)
* '' Dolecta gertseni'' (named after Russian writer and thinker Alexander Herzen
Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (; ) was a Russian writer and thinker known as the precursor of Russian socialism and one of the main precursors of agrarian populism (being an ideological ancestor of the Narodniki, Socialist-Revolutionaries, Trudo ...
, or Gertsen)
* ''Dolecta gogoli
''Dolecta'' is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae. It is endemic to the Neotropical biogeographic region.
Species
24 species are recognized in this genus, plus one more of uncertain taxonomic placement:
* '' Dolecta akhmatovae'' (named af ...
'' (named after Russian writer Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; ; (; () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin.
Gogol used the Grotesque#In literature, grotesque in his writings, for example, in his works "The Nose (Gogol short story), ...
)
* ''Dolecta invenusta
''Dolecta invenusta'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth ...
'' Schaus, 1892 (taxonomic status unclear, may belong to the genus ''Givira
''Givira'' is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Species
* ''Givira albosignata'' Ureta, 1957
* ''Givira amanosa'' Schaus, 1911
* ''Givira anna'' (Dyar, 1898)
* ''Givira arbeloides'' (Dyar, 1899)
* ''Givira aregentipuncta'' Schaus, 1934 ...
'')
* ''Dolecta juturna
''Dolecta juturna'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-l ...
'' Schaus, 1892
* ''Dolecta karamzini
''Dolecta'' is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae. It is endemic to the Neotropical biogeographic region.
Species
24 species are recognized in this genus, plus one more of uncertain taxonomic placement:
* '' Dolecta akhmatovae'' (named af ...
'' (named after Russian historian and writer Nikolay Karamzin
Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin () was a Russian historian, writer, poet and critic. He is best remembered for his fundamental ''History of the Russian State'', a 12-volume national history.
Early life
Karamzin was born in the small village of ...
)
* ''Dolecta lermontovi
''Dolecta'' is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae. It is endemic to the Neotropical biogeographic region.
Species
24 species are recognized in this genus, plus one more of uncertain taxonomic placement:
* '' Dolecta akhmatovae'' (named af ...
'' (named after Russian writer, poet and painter Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( , ; rus, Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, , mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf, links=yes; – ) was a Russian Romanticism, Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called ...
)
* '' Dolecta macrochir'' Schaus, 1892
* '' Dolecta morosa'' (Schaus, 1911)
* '' Dolecta nekrasovi'' (named after Russian poet and writer Nikolay Nekrasov
Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov ( rus, Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈkrasəf, a=Ru-Nikolay_Alexeyevich_Nekrasov.ogg, – ) was a Russian poet, writer, critic and publ ...
)
* '' Dolecta ostrovskyi'' (named after Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky
Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repe ...
)
* '' Dolecta pushkini'' (named after Russian poet, playwright and writer Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...
)
* '' Dolecta rubtsovi'' (named after Russian poet Nikolay Rubtsov)
* '' Dolecta saltykovishchedrini'' (named after Russian writer Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin ( rus, Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н, p=mʲɪxɐˈil jɪvˈɡrafəvʲɪtɕ səltɨˈkof ɕːɪˈdrʲin; – ), born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during ...
)
* '' Dolecta scariosa'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 (type species)
* ''Dolecta stanyukovichi
''Dolecta'' is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae. It is endemic to the Neotropical realm, Neotropical biogeographic region.
Species
24 species are recognized in this genus, plus one more of uncertain taxonomic placement:
* ''Dolecta akhmat ...
'' (named after Russian writer Konstantin Stanyukovich)
* '' Dolecta tolstoyi'' (named after Russian writer Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; ,Throughout Tolstoy's whole life, his name was written as using Reforms of Russian orthography#The post-revolution re ...
)
* '' Dolecta turgenevi'' (named after Russian writer, poet and playwright Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( ; rus, links=no, Иван Сергеевич ТургеневIn Turgenev's day, his name was written ., p=ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf; – ) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poe ...
)
References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
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Cossidae genera
Cossidae
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