Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.19225

    Ghost, owlet and false owlet moths

    Date
    1886
    Creator
    R Mintern (British) , Lithographer
    Creator - Organisation
    Mintern Bros, Lithographer
    Object type
    Library reference
    50426
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 320mm
    width (print): 245mm
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > insect
    Description
    Nine entomological studies of different species from the Hepialidae (ghost), Noctuidae (owlet) and Thyatitinae (false owlet) moth families.

    1. Study of Endoclita aboe Moore here styled Phassus aboe Moore of the Hepialidae family, found in Darjeeling, India.
    2. Study of Phassus signifier Walker of the Hepialidae family, found in Sylhet, Bangladesh
    3. Study of Endoclita damor Moore, here styled Phassus damor Moore of the Hepialidae family, found in Darjeeling, India.
    4. Study of Gaurena florens walker, here styled Thyatira florens Walker of the Thyatirinae subfamily, found in Darjeeling, India
    5. Study of Gaurena florescens Walker, here styled Thyatira florescens Walker of the Drepanidae family, found in Darjeeling, India.
    6. Study of Mythimna decisissima Walker here styled Leucania decisissima Walker of the Noctuidae family, found in Darjeeling, India.
    7. Study of Leucania hamifera Walker of the Noctuidae family, found in North India and Borneo.
    8. Study of Spodoptera Mauritia Boisduval here styled Prodenia infecta Walker of the Noctuidae family, found in North India.
    9. Study of Spodoptera litura Fabricius here styled Prodenia glaucistriga Walker of the Noctuidae family, found in North India.

    Inscribed ‘LEP HET Pl. CIX. R. Mintern del et. lith del et lith. Mintern Bros. imp. 1. Phassus aboe 2. Phassus signifier 3. Phassus damor 4. Thyatira florens 5. Thyatira florescens 6. Leucania decisissima 7. Leucania hamifera 8. Prodenia infecta 9. Prodenia glaucistriga.’

    Plate 109 to Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, part VI, by Arthur Gardiner Butler (1886, London).

    Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844-1925) British entomologist was assistant-keep in zoology and assistant-librarian to the British Museum.
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