Lune Moth

Hodie 'tinea est, causo brunneis Crambidae, Loxostege brunneitincta. Quod si hoc non a maxime moth captivantem habet an interesting historia, quae illustrat, et opus scientific collections museum creditumque. Si legas rogeris label figura colligitur senserit tinea 1927 per E. P. Linnavuori in Truckee, UT. Linnavuori erat in California Academy of Sciences attendendum pro & curatore Hemipterist 24 annos ejus usque in mortis 1940. Et ex collections bugs (in sensu literae,) solus ducenti octoginta quattuor 164,442 specimina, et invenit multos entomologists Linnavuori collegerit omnem aliam uerique 100,000 specimens mediam urbem ad museum, ne quidem percurrere erat studeo.
Itaque hoc dum in MCMLXX brunneis donec extincta remanserant in CAS Eugenius Munroe Australia FloraBase opus ex genere suo mutuo acceperam Loxostege. inde 1976 descriptus est fasciculus novus est ut species quidem usus est scientia, et haec pro illustratione exemplum in libro. Ignorant Si vestri 'verbum illud exemplum paratype ex serie (lectotype exclusis) quae species, qui solebat describere. Et hoc videtur extincta copiam, in meridionali autem aliqua notiora generis pestes tamquam beta, et lactariis medica webworms. Magis saepe quam non pertinent ad genus pets se non bene nota est, ut esset aenigmatica. Partim gratias Linnavuori multos similis entomologists, Munroe poterat ad publicandum congregare collection of Western Australia FloraBase quod capta esset decennium (nisi iam) colligere. Et cum non sufficient collectio speciei possibile est a comprehendo taxationem,.

3 comments Monday, ut tinea

  • Interesting. I especially like seeing the labels.

    Just a few weeks ago I found the larva of a South American species in the genus, Loxostege bifidalis, and the feeding it does in soybean in Argentina. Might be a good time to put up those photos.

    • Indeed! I should start posting labels more often, I always photograph them along with the specimen. I have to say the oddest label I’ve ever come across was from a Salticidae. A friend was sorting them in ethanol and had to show meafter the locality it readbit me on the penis”!