The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera : : Their History and Meaning / / A. Maitland Emmet.

An Introduction, giving notes on Nomenclature, Classification and Conventions; and Terms and Abbreviations, is followed by a History of the Scientific Nomenclature of Lepidoptera. In the Systematic Section, the meanings of over 4000 names are given. The nomenclature is that of Kloet & Hincks (19...

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Place / Publishing House:Colchester, England : : Harley Books (B. H. & A. Harley Ltd.),, [1991]
©1991
Year of Publication:1991
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Dedication
  • Introduction
  • Nomenclature, classification and conventions
  • Terms and abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • A History of the Scientific Nomenclature of Lepidoptera
  • A book for the curious
  • Literature devoted to the explanation of scientific names
  • Names before Linnaeus
  • Linnaeus
  • The specific names of Linnaeus
  • Specific names after Linnaeus
  • Generic names
  • Suprageneric names
  • The scientific name of an insect as used today
  • Why scientific names sometimes need to be changed
  • Systematic Section
  • Micropterigidae
  • Eriocraniidae
  • Hepialidae
  • Nepticulidae
  • Opostegidae
  • Tischeriidae
  • Incurvariidae
  • Heliozelidae
  • Cossidae
  • Zygaenidae
  • Limacodidae
  • Psychidae
  • Tineidae
  • Ochsenheimeriidae
  • Lyonetiidae
  • Bucculatricidae
  • Gracillariidae
  • Sesiidae
  • Choreutidae
  • Glyphipterigidae
  • Douglasiidae
  • Heliodinidae
  • Yponomeutidae
  • Epermeniidae
  • Schreckensteiniidae
  • Coleophoridae
  • Elachistidae
  • Oecophoridae
  • Gelechiidae
  • Blastobasidae
  • Momphidae
  • Cosmopterigidae
  • Scythrididae
  • Tortricidae
  • Alucitidae
  • Pyralidae
  • Pterophoridae
  • Hesperiidae
  • Papilionidae
  • Pieridae
  • Lycaenidae
  • Nymphalidae
  • Lasiocampidae
  • Saturniidae
  • Endromidae
  • Drepanidae
  • Thyatiridae
  • Geometridae
  • Sphingidae
  • Notodontidae
  • Thaumetopoeidae
  • Lymantriidae
  • Arctiidae
  • Ctenuchidae
  • Nolidae
  • Noctuidae
  • Agaristidae
  • Appendixes
  • 1. People commemorated in the names of Lepidoptera
  • 2. Geographical names
  • 3. Unresolved names
  • 4. Apparent errors in R. D. Macleod's Key to the names of the British butterflies and moths
  • References
  • Indexes
  • Index of scientific names
  • Special index to the Phycitinae
  • List of monochrome plates.