Norape miasma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Megalopygidae |
Genus: | Norape |
Species: | N. miasma |
Binomial name | |
Norape miasma Dyar, 1910 | |
Norape miasma is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910. [1]
The miasma theory is an obsolete medical theory that held that diseases—such as cholera, chlamydia, or the Black Death—were caused by a miasma, a noxious form of "bad air", also known as night air. The theory held that epidemics were caused by miasma, emanating from rotting organic matter. Though miasma theory is typically associated with the spread of contagious diseases, some academics in the early nineteenth century suggested that the theory extended to other conditions as well, e.g. one could become obese by inhaling the odor of food.
Norape is a genus of moths in the family Megalopygidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.
Norape acuta is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1927. It is found in Costa Rica.
Norape cornuta is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1927. It is found in Ecuador.
Norape draudti is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1927. It is found in Mexico.
Norape obtusa is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1927. It is found in Bolivia.
Norape pampana is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1927. It is found in Argentina.
Norape truncata is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1927. It is found in Venezuela, Peru and Colombia.
Norape variabilis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1927. It is found in Brazil.
Norape zikaniana is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1927. It is found in Brazil.
Norape testudinalis is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1929. It is found in Colombia.
Norape plumosa is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and the Amazon region.
Norape virgo is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found from southern Texas and southern Arizona to Colombia.
Norape walkeri is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found from Mexico to the Amazon region.
Norape cana is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1907. It is found in Colombia.
Norape cingulata is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by E. Dukinfield Jones in 1921.
Norape laticosta is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero).
Norape mexicana is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by William Schaus in 1892.
Norape tener, the mesquite stinger moth is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in south-eastern Arizona, southern New Mexico and Mexico.
Norape xantholopha is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in Panama, Guatemala, Colombia and Peru.