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Ledipotera Collection (#4)

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 520

Curtis British Entomology Plate 520
Neuroptera: Chrysopa abbreviata (Short-winged Green Lacewing, Golden-eye) [Plant: Leymus arenarius (Elymus arenarius, Upright Sea Lime-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 519

Curtis British Entomology Plate 519
Lepidoptera: Thera coniferata = Thera cognata (Durham Juniper Moth) [Plant: Juniperus communis, male (Juniper Tree)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 513

Curtis British Entomology Plate 513
Diptera: Heleodromia bistigma (Stigma-spotted Heleodromia) [Plant: Tulipa sylvestris (Wild Tulip)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 517

Curtis British Entomology Plate 517
Diptera: Rhamphomyia pennata = Rhamphomyia barbata (Feather-legged Dancing Fly) [Plant: Bellis perennis (Common Daisy)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 516

Curtis British Entomology Plate 516
Hymenoptera: Epeolus variegatus [Plant: Ophrys insectifera (Ophrys muscifera, Fly Ophrys)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 515

Curtis British Entomology Plate 515
Lepidoptera: Abraxas ulmata = Abraxas sylvata (Scarce or Clouded Magpie) [Plant: ?Ulmus campestris? agg. (Ulmus campestris?, Common Elm)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 514

Curtis British Entomology Plate 514
Coleoptera: Homalota dimidiata = Hygronoma dimidiata (Ochre-banded Staphylinus) [Plant: Anthoxanthum odoratum (Spring-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 507

Curtis British Entomology Plate 507
Hymenoptera: Hecabolus sulcatus (4-stigmared Ichneumon) [Plant: Daphne mezereum (The Mezereon)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 511

Curtis British Entomology Plate 511
Lepidoptera: Nemaxera corticella (Bark Clothes Moth, Gold-speckled Clothes-moth) [Plant: Hieracium vulgatum or H. umbellatum? (Hieracium sylvaticum, Wood Hawkweed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 510

Curtis British Entomology Plate 510
Coleoptera: Cucujus spartii = Cryptolestes spartii (Broom Cucujus) [Plant: Hypericum perforatum (Perforated St. John?s Wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 509

Curtis British Entomology Plate 509
Diptera: Scaeva unicolor = Scaeva pyrastri (Concolourous Hover-fly) [Plant: Potentilla sterilis (Fragaria sterilis, Barren Strawberry)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 508

Curtis British Entomology Plate 508
Lepidoptera: Ourapteryx sambucaria (Swallow-tailed Moth) [Plant: Ribes uva-crispa ] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 503

Curtis British Entomology Plate 503
Lepidoptera: Asopia pictalis, Pyralis pictalis (Poplar Pyralis) [Plant: Papaver hybridum (Round Rough-headed Poppy)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 506

Curtis British Entomology Plate 506
Coleoptera: Helodes beccabungae = Prasocuris junci (Blue Helodes) [Plant: Hippuris vulgaris (Mare?s-tail)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 505

Curtis British Entomology Plate 505
Diptera: Platystoma seminationis (Spotted Flat-headed Fly) [Plant: Cornus sanguinea (Dog-berry or Cornel Tree)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 504

Curtis British Entomology Plate 504
Hymenoptera: Heriades truncorum (Larger Heriades) [Plant: Legousia hybrida (Campanula hybrida, Corn Bell-flower)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 499

Curtis British Entomology Plate 499
Lepidoptera: Callimorpha jacobaeae = Tyria jacobaeae (Cinnabar) [Plant: Senecio jacobaea (Common Rag-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 502

Curtis British Entomology Plate 502
Coleoptera: Mycetaea hirta (Hairy Cellar-beetle) [Plant: Humulus lupulus female (Common Hop)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 501

Curtis British Entomology Plate 501
Diptera: Tanypus nebulosus = Anatopynia nebulosa (Clouded-winged Midge) [Plant: Aristolochia clematitis (Common Birthwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 500

Curtis British Entomology Plate 500
Hemiptera: Atractus literatus = Arenocoris fallenii (Lettered Coreus) [Plant: Nepeta cataria (Cat-Mint)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 478

Curtis British Entomology Plate 478
Coleoptera: Synodendron cylindricum (Cylindrical Lucanus) [Plant: Umbilicus rupestris (Colyledon umbulicus, Common Navel-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 498

Curtis British Entomology Plate 498
Coleoptera: Tritoma bipustulatum = Tritoma bipustulata (Double-spotted Tritoma) [Plant: Neottia nidus-avis (Epipactis nidus-avis, Bird?s-nest Orchis)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 497

Curtis British Entomology Plate 497
Lepidoptera: Acentropus garnonsii = Acentria nivea (False-caddis Water-veneer) [Plant: Myriophyllum verticillatum (Whorled Milfoil)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 496

Curtis British Entomology Plate 496
Hymenoptera: Diodontus gracilis = Passaloecus gracilis [Plant: Hypericum pulchrum (Upright St. John?s Wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 495

Curtis British Entomology Plate 495
Lepidoptera: Hydrocampa stratiota = Parapoynx stratiotata (Ringed China-mark) [Plant: Nuphar lutea (Yellow Water-lily)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 494

Curtis British Entomology Plate 494
Coleoptera: Donacia typhae (Reed-mace Donacia), = Donacia vulgaris; with dissections from D. cincta Germ. [Plant: Typha latifolia (Great Cat?s-tail, Bulrush or Reed-mace)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 493

Curtis British Entomology Plate 493
Diptera: Tipula longicornis = Tipula flavolineata (Long-horned Long-legs) [Plant: Sanguisorba officinalis (Great Burnet)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 492

Curtis British Entomology Plate 492
Hemiptera: Livia juncorum (Rush Jumping-louse) [Plant: Lathyrus palustris (Marsh Vetchling)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 491

Curtis British Entomology Plate 491
Lepidoptera: Cochylis rupicola = Cochylidia rupicola (Chalk-cliff Tortrix, Conch) [Plant: Daucus carota (Wild Carrot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 490

Curtis British Entomology Plate 490
Coleoptera: Lucanus cervus (Stag Beetle) [Plant: Filago vulgaris (Gnaphalium germanicum, Common Cudweed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 489

Curtis British Entomology Plate 489
Diptera: Opetia lonchopteroides = Opetia nigra (Lonchoptera-like Opetia) [Plant: Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher?s Broom)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 488

Curtis British Entomology Plate 488
Trichoptera: Limnephilus elegans (Elegant Grannom, Caddis-fly) [Plant: Stratiotes aloides (Fresh-water Soldier)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 487

Curtis British Entomology Plate 487
Lepidoptera: Cochleophasia tessellea = Taleporia tessellea (Large Birch Bright) [Plant: Ballota nigra (Black or Stinking Horehound)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 486

Curtis British Entomology Plate 486
Coleoptera: Macronema unimaculata = Psilliodes chalcomera (Thigh-spotted Altica) [Plant: Hyoscyamus niger (Common Henbane)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 485

Curtis British Entomology Plate 485
Diptera: Cordylura livens = Hydromyza livens (Water-lily Cordylura Fly) [Plant: Nymphaea alba (White Water-lily)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 484

Curtis British Entomology Plate 484
Ephemeroptera: Baetis dispar = Ecdyonurus dispar (Dissimilar May-fly) [Plant: Nitella sp. (Nitella hyalina)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 483

Curtis British Entomology Plate 483
Coleoptera: Mordella abdominalis = Mordellistena abdominalis (Red-bodied Mordella) [Plant: Viburnum opulus (Guelder Rose)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 482

Curtis British Entomology Plate 482
Lepidoptera: Smerinthus ocellatus = Smerinthus ocellata (Eyed Hawk) Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 481

Curtis British Entomology Plate 481
Hemiptera: Lygaeus equestris (Black-and-red Bug) [Plant: Ornithogallum nutans (Drooping Star of Bethlehem)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 480

Curtis British Entomology Plate 480
Hymenoptera: Oxybelus argentatus [Plant: Leontodon hispidus (Apargia hispida, Rough Apargia)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 479

Curtis British Entomology Plate 479
Lepidoptera: Gracillaria anastomosis = Caloptilia (Gracillaria) syringella (Lilac Slender-moth) [Plant: Glaucium violaceum (Violet-horned Poppy)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 476

Curtis British Entomology Plate 476
Hymenoptera: Leiophron apicalis (Black-tailed Leiophron) [Plant: Lysimachia nummularia (Money-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 477

Curtis British Entomology Plate 477
Diptera: Tachydromia arrogans (Black-banded Tachydromia) [Plant: Senecio squalidus (Inelegant Rag-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 475

Curtis British Entomology Plate 475
Lepidoptera: Ophiusa lusoria = Lygephila pastinum (Black-neck) [Plant: Bupleurum rotundifoium (Common Thoroughwax)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 474

Curtis British Entomology Plate 474
Coleoptera: Hallomenus flexuosus = Abdera flexuosa (Banded Hallomenus) [Plant: Rorippa sylvestris (Sisymbrium sylvestre, Creeping Water-cress)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 470

Curtis British Entomology Plate 470
Coleoptera: Hister 4-maculatus = Hister quadrimaculatus (Lunar-spotted Mimic-beetle) [Plant: Ornithogallum umbellatum (Common Star of Bethlehem)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 473

Curtis British Entomology Plate 473
Diptera: Drosophila cameraria (Hairy-thoraxed Cellar-fly) [Plant: Drosera anglica (English Fly-trap)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 472

Curtis British Entomology Plate 472
Hymenoptera: Smiera macleanii = Chalcis biguttata (Essex Chalcis) [Plant: Bolboschoenus maritimus (Scirpus maritimus, Salt-marsh Club-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 471

Curtis British Entomology Plate 471
Lepidoptera: Adactylus bennetii = Agdistis staticis (Sea-side Plume) [Plant: Carex limosa (Green and Gold Carex)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 468

Curtis British Entomology Plate 468
Hymenoptera: Psithyrus rupestris (Black-winged Bumble-bee) [Plant: Digitalis purpurea (Purple Foxglove)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 469

Curtis British Entomology Plate 469
Diptera: Borborus hamatus = Crumomyia nomata (Toothed Borborus Fly) [Plant: Phallus hadriani (Phallus sp. - ?faintly violet-scented when fresh?)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 467

Curtis British Entomology Plate 467
Lepidoptera: Aspitates gilvaria (Straw Belle) [Plant: Poa bulbosa (Bulbous Meadow-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 464

Curtis British Entomology Plate 464
Hymenoptera: Mesochorus sericans = Astiphromma sericans [Plant: Cuscuta epithymum (Less Dodder)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 466

Curtis British Entomology Plate 466
Coleoptera: Elophorus fennicus = Helophorus rufipes (Broad Elophorus) [Plant: Ruppia cirrhosa (Tassel Pondweed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 465

Curtis British Entomology Plate 465
Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoris apterus (Masked Bug) [Plant: Malva sylvestris (Common Mallow)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 462

Curtis British Entomology Plate 462
Coleoptera: Falagria thoracica (Red-thoraxed Staphylinus) [Plant: Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 463

Curtis British Entomology Plate 463
Lepidoptera: Adela frischella = Coleophora frischella (Frisch?s Case-moth) [Plant: Isolepis setacea (Scirpis or Isoleptis setaceus, Least Club-rush)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 461

Curtis British Entomology Plate 461
Hemiptera: Cercopis vulnerata (Black-legged Frog-hopper) [Plant: Lycopus europaeus (Water Horehound)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 460

Curtis British Entomology Plate 460
Hymenoptera: Oryssus coronatus = Oryssus abietinus (A mainland-European species) [Plant: Phalaris sp. (Phalaris canariensis, Manured Canary Grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 456

Curtis British Entomology Plate 456
Orthoptera: Gryllotalpa vulgaris = Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Mole-cricket) [Plant: Montia fontana (Water Blinks)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 458

Curtis British Entomology Plate 458
Coleoptera: Harpalus ruficeps = Harpalus latus (Red-headed Harpalus) [Plant: Papaver argemone (Long Rough-headed Poppy)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 457

Curtis British Entomology Plate 457
Hymenoptera: Cladius pilicornis = Priophorus pilicornis (Simple Hairy-horned Cladius) [Plant: Vicia cracca (Tufted Vetch)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 455

Curtis British Entomology Plate 455
Lepidoptera: Aglossa streatfieldii = Aglossa pinguinalis (Mendip Tabby) [Plant: Vicia sylvatica (Wood Vetch)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 454

Curtis British Entomology Plate 454
Coleoptera: Drypta emarginata = Drypta dentata (Blue Drypta) [Plant: Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea Buckthorn)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 450

Curtis British Entomology Plate 450
Coleoptera: Aspidophorus orbiculatus (Sphindidae. Orbicular Dermestes) [Plant: Cynoglossum officinale (Common Hound?s Tongue)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 453

Curtis British Entomology Plate 453
Hemiptera: Coranus subapterus (Sea-side Reduvius) [Plant: Atriplex (Halimione) portulacoides (Shrubby Orache)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 452

Curtis British Entomology Plate 452
Diptera: Volucella inflata (Inflated Hover-fly) [Plant: Pentaglossis sempervirens (Anchusa sempervirens, Evergreen Alkanet)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 451

Curtis British Entomology Plate 451
Lepidoptera: Cerapteryx hibernicus = Cerapteryx graminis ab. hibernicus (Antler) [Plant: Pedicularis sylvatica (Common Lousewort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 449

Curtis British Entomology Plate 449
Hemiptera: Issus coleoptratus (Variegated Issus) [Plant: Rhinanthus minor? (Rhinanthus crista-galli, Yellow Rattle)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 443

Curtis British Entomology Plate 443
Coleoptera: Callicerus spencii = Callicerus obscurus (Spencean Staphylinus) [Plant: Tamus communis (Black Bryony)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 447

Curtis British Entomology Plate 447
Lepidoptera: Ephyra pictaria = Aleucis distinctata (Kent Mocha) [Plant: Poterium sanguisorba (Upland Burnet)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 446

Curtis British Entomology Plate 446
Coleoptera: Carabus exasperatus = Carabus violaceus (Portland Carabus) [Plant: Atropa belladonna (Deadly Nightshade)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 445

Curtis British Entomology Plate 445
Hemiptera: Asiraca pulchella = Araeopus pulchellus (Pretty Asiraca) [Plant: Lathyrus nissolia (Crimson Grassvetch)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 444

Curtis British Entomology Plate 444
Diptera: Molophilus brevipennis = Molophilus ater (Short-winged Mountain Gnat) [Plant: Gentiana verna (Spring Gentian)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 442

Curtis British Entomology Plate 442
Lepidoptera: Hesperia actaeon = Thymelicus acteon (Lulworth Skipper) [Plant: Salsola kali (Prickly Glasswort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 440

Curtis British Entomology Plate 440
Lepidoptera: Leptogramma irrorana = Acleris (Peronea) literana (Sprinkled Rough-wing) [Plant: Anagallis tenella (Bog Pimpernell)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 441

Curtis British Entomology Plate 441
Diptera: Oxycera morrisii (Lyme Regis Oxycera) [Plant: Listera ovata (Epipactis ovata, Common Twayblade)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 439

Curtis British Entomology Plate 439
Orthoptera: Acrydium subulatum = Tetrix subulata [Plant: Bidens tripartita (Trifid Double-tooth)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 438

Curtis British Entomology Plate 438
Coleoptera: Tasgius rufipes = Staphylinus pedator (Red-legged Staphylinus) [Plant: Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 435

Curtis British Entomology Plate 435
Coleoptera: Cardiapus mathewsii = Mantura matthewsi (Matthews?s Haltica) [Plant: Hesperis matronalis (Hesperis inodora, Scentless Damewort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 437

Curtis British Entomology Plate 437
Diptera: Phora abdominalis = Diploneura florescens (Red-bodied Phora) [Plant: Myosurus minimus (Little Mouse-tail)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 424

Curtis British Entomology Plate 424
Lepidoptera: *Psodos equestrata (Gold Four-spot Moth. Specimen ?from Mr. Plastead?s cabinet? - not British? Cf. the montane mainland-European P)

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 434

Curtis British Entomology Plate 434
Lepidoptera: Endromis versicolor = Endromis versicolora (Kentish Glory) [Plant: Betula pendula (Betula alba, Birch tree)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 433

Curtis British Entomology Plate 433
Strepsiptera: Halictophorus curtisii = Halictophagus curtisi (Lulworth Stylopid) [Plant: Tragopogon porrifolius (Purple Goat?s-beard)] Date: 1824-39



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