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    Image number: RS.10213
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    ‘Painted agarista’ [Joseph’s coat moth]

    Date
    1814
    Creator
    Richard Polydore Nodder (1763, British) , Artist
    Object type
    Library reference
    48597
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 230mm
    width (print): 140mm
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > insect
    Description
    Entomological studies of the Joseph’s coat moth Agarista agricola, an insect native to Australia. Views of the male and female.

    Plate 15 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author describes the insect within the text: “Inhabits New Holland.”

    The plate is inscribed: “Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder. 1814.”

    William Elford Leach (1790-1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
    Associated place
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       > Oceania
          > Australia
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