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I was interested to find out that the type locality for the genus
Ctenucha (as in the Virginia ctenucha moth) is Nova Scotia.
The British entomologist William Kirby
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kirby_%28entomologist%29>
contributed Volume 4, called "The Insects", to an 1837 publication with
the imposing title of /Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the
Northern Parts of British America: Containing Descriptions of the
Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land
Expeditions, under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N/.
Apparently in that work Kirby named a specimen from Nova Scotia
"Ctenucha latreillana". The specimen appears to be lost, however.
Fauna Boreali-Americana is in print in a modern edition and parts can be
browsed on-line, here
<http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139151948>. From that
web page:
"Sir John Richardson (1787--1865), surgeon, naturalist and Arctic
explorer, went on Sir John Franklin's first two Arctic expeditions
as ship's doctor and naturalist, and made observations and collected
a large number of plant and animal specimens from the Canadian
Arctic. On his return to England after the second expedition he
began to write this four-volume work of natural history, first
published between 1829 and 1837. A volume is dedicated to each of
the classes of mammal, bird, fish and insect, which are found in the
Canadian Arctic. This work is an interesting example of
pre-Darwinian natural history, full of detailed descriptions of the
appearance, anatomy and behaviour of the different species. Volume 4
was first published in 1837 and was written by distinguished
entomologist William Kirby (1759--1850) using Richardson's specimens
from the second expedition. It focuses on the species of insect
found in the Canadian Arctic."
Who knew?
Peter Payzant
On 2014-07-02 9:15 AM, James Churchill wrote:
> We also observed/caught some leps at Blomidon with kids:
> - Virginia Ctenuchid Moth
>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I was interested to find out that the
type locality for the genus Ctenucha (as in the Virginia ctenucha
moth) is Nova Scotia.<br>
<br>
The British entomologist <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kirby_%28entomologist%29">William
Kirby</a> contributed Volume 4, called "The Insects", to an 1837
publication with the imposing title of <i>Fauna
Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of
British America: Containing Descriptions of the Objects of
Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions,
under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N</i>.<br>
<br>
Apparently in that work Kirby named a specimen from Nova Scotia
"Ctenucha latreillana". The specimen appears to be lost, however.<br>
<br>
Fauna Boreali-Americana is in print in a modern edition and parts
can be browsed on-line, <a
href="http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9781139151948">here</a>.
From that web page:<br>
<br>
<blockquote>"Sir John Richardson (1787–1865), surgeon, naturalist
and Arctic explorer, went on Sir John Franklin's first two
Arctic expeditions as ship's doctor and naturalist, and made
observations and collected a large number of plant and animal
specimens from the Canadian Arctic. On his return to England
after the second expedition he began to write this four-volume
work of natural history, first published between 1829 and 1837.
A volume is dedicated to each of the classes of mammal, bird,
fish and insect, which are found in the Canadian Arctic. This
work is an interesting example of pre-Darwinian natural history,
full of detailed descriptions of the appearance, anatomy and
behaviour of the different species. Volume 4 was first published
in 1837 and was written by distinguished entomologist William
Kirby (1759–1850) using Richardson's specimens from the second
expedition. It focuses on the species of insect found in the
Canadian Arctic."<br>
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<br>
Who knew?<br>
<br>
Peter Payzant<br>
<br>
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On 2014-07-02 9:15 AM, James Churchill wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">We also observed/caught some leps at Blomidon with
kids:
<div>- Virginia Ctenuchid Moth</div>
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