Related Research Articles
Cycnia tenera, the dogbane tiger moth or delicate cycnia, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It occurs throughout North America, from southern British Columbia to Nova Scotia southwards to Arizona and Florida. The species is distasteful and there is evidence that it emits aposematic ultrasound signals; these may also jam bat echolocation, as the functions are not mutually exclusive.
Agathiphaga is a genus of moths, known as kauri moths. and is the only living genus in the family Agathiphagidae. This caddisfly-like lineage of primitive moths was first reported by Lionel Jack Dumbleton in 1952, as a new genus of Micropterigidae.
Micronaclia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1898.
Mniotype is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Paramarbla is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The genus was erected by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1937.
Comostolodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Hammaptera is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.
Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren was a zoologist and entomologist. Van Someren was born in Australia. He attended George Watson's College and studied zoology at University of Edinburgh. He was also a dentist. Van Someren moved to Kenya in 1912 and lived in Nairobi. He was in the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society and became Honorary Secretary. In 1930 he became Curator of the Coryndon Museum. Van Someren named a number of bird and butterfly species.
Eupithecia tenera is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Costa Rica.
Hydrelia tenera is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1897. It is found in Russia.
The Metarbelidae are a family of the Cossoidea also called the carpenter or goat moths, and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Metarbelinae of the Cossidae. No synapomorphies are shared with the Cossidae based on adult morphology. The family Metarbelidae was first described by Embrik Strand in 1909.
Squamura is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Squamura disciplaga is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1901. It is found on Sarawak, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and in the Philippines. The habitat consists of lowland areas.
Squamura acutistriata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on Java and possibly Borneo.
Squamura kinabalua is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of upper montane forests.
Squamura celebensis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on Sulawesi.
Squamura roepkei is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland areas.
Gogana tenera is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Swinhoe in 1902. It is found on Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.
Norape tener, the mesquite stinger moth, is a species of moth in the family Megalopygidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Mexico and the south-western US.
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Squamura tenera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 14, 2018.