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Ledipotera Collection (#5)

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 432

Curtis British Entomology Plate 432
Diptera: Eristalis nubilipennis = Eristalis cryptarum (Beautiful Hover-Fly) [Plant: Oenanthe pimpinelloides (Parsley Water Dropwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 431

Curtis British Entomology Plate 431
Lepidoptera: Trachea atriplex = Trachea atriplicis (Orache, Orache Brocade) [Plant: Polygonum hydropiper (Water Pepper)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 430

Curtis British Entomology Plate 430
Coleoptera: Hypophlaeus bicolor = Corticeus bicolor (Black-and-red Hypophlaeus) [Plant: Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 429

Curtis British Entomology Plate 429
Diptera: Helophilus ruddii = Lejops vittatus (Yarmouth Hover-fly) [Plant: Silene nutans (Nottingham Catchfly)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 428

Curtis British Entomology Plate 428
Lepidoptera: Nola monachalis = Meganola strigula (Small Black Arches) [Plant: Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cotton-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 427

Curtis British Entomology Plate 427
Hymenoptera: Phagonia smaragdina = Halticoptera flavicornis (Emerald Phagonia) [Plant: Fumaria capreolata (Ramping Fumitory)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 426

Curtis British Entomology Plate 426
Coleoptera: Cychrus rostratus = Cychrus caraboides ssp. rostratus (Long-headed Carabus) [Plant: Geranium lucidum (Shining Crane?s-bill)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 425

Curtis British Entomology Plate 425
Diptera: Xylota bifasciata = Chalcosyrphus bifasciatus (Four-spotted Hover-fly) [Plant: Conopodium majus (Bunium flexuosum, Common Earth-nut)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 420

Curtis British Entomology Plate 420
Lepidoptera: Cerostoma annulatella = Rhigognostis annulatella (Ringed Diamond-back, Annulated Smudge) [Plant: Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 422

Curtis British Entomology Plate 422
Coleoptera: Arcopagus puncticollis = Bryaxis puncticollis (Punctured-necked Pselaphus) [Plant: Torilis nodosa (Caucalis nodosa, Knotted Hen?s-foot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 421

Curtis British Entomology Plate 421
Diptera: Hippobosca equina (Horse-fly or Ked) [Plant: Tanacetum vulgare (Common Tansy)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 419

Curtis British Entomology Plate 419
Hymenoptera: Nomada dalii Curtis = Nomada sheppardana (Charmouth Wasp-bee) [Plant: Ribes uva-crispa (Ribes grossularia, Rough Gooseberry)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 418

Curtis British Entomology Plate 418
Coleoptera: Oxyporus maxillosus = Creophilus maxillosus (Scarce Oxyporus) [Plant: Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Ladies? Smock)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 417

Curtis British Entomology Plate 417
Siphonoptera: Ceratophyllus elongatus = Ischnopsyllus elongatus (Yellow Bat?s Flea) [Plant: Erigeron acer (Erigeron acre, Blue Fleabane)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 416

Curtis British Entomology Plate 416
Lepidoptera: Melanippe blomeri = Discoloxia blomeri (Blomer?s Rivulet) [Plant: Cypripedium calceolus (European Ladies? Slipper)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 415

Curtis British Entomology Plate 415
Hymenoptera: Zele albitarsus = Zemiotes albiditarsus (White-footed Ichneumon) [Plant: Smyrnium olusatrum (Alexanders)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 414

Curtis British Entomology Plate 414
Coleoptera: Copris lunaris (Lunar-headed Dung-beetle) [Plant: Chenopodium vulvaria (Chenopodium olidum, Stinking Goosefoot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 413

Curtis British Entomology Plate 413
Diptera: Ephydra spiota = Ilythea spilota (Spotted-winged Ephydra) [Plant: Anchusa arvensis (Lycopus arvensis, Wild Bugloss)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 412

Curtis British Entomology Plate 412
Lepidoptera: Yponomeuta echiella = Ethmia bipunctella (Viper)

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 411

Curtis British Entomology Plate 411
Hymenoptera: Mymar pulchellum Curtis (Feather-winged Mymar) [Plant: Viola palustris (Marsh Violet)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 410

Curtis British Entomology Plate 410
Coleoptera: Lomechusa dentata = Dinarda maerkeli (Dentated Staphylinus) [Plant: Sedum dasyphyllum (Round-leaved Stonecrop)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 409

Curtis British Entomology Plate 409
Diptera: Dixa nebulosa (Clouded-winged Crane-fly) [Plant: Ligustrum vulgare (Privet)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 408

Curtis British Entomology Plate 408
Lepidoptera: Oecophora sulphurella = Esperia sulphurella (Yellow Underwinged Thick-horn) [Plant: Ranunculus bulbosus (Bulbous Crowfoot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 406

Curtis British Entomology Plate 406
Coleoptera: Melolontha fullo = Polyphylla fullo (Kent Cockchaffer, a mainland-European species) [Plant: Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonum fagopyrum, Buck-wheat)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 405

Curtis British Entomology Plate 405
Diptera: Scatophaga scybalaria (Largest Dung-fly) [Plant: Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 391

Curtis British Entomology Plate 391
Lepidoptera: Damophila trifolii = Coleophora trifolii (Trefoil Thick-horned Tinea) [Plant: Mycelis muralis (Prenanthes muralis, Wall Prenanthes)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 403

Curtis British Entomology Plate 403
Hymenoptera: Helorus anomalipes (Red-legged Helorus) [Plant: Solanum nigrum (Common Nightshade)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 402

Curtis British Entomology Plate 402
Coleoptera: Cis bidentatus (Double-horned Cis) [Plant: Chenopodium sp. (Chenopodium acutifolium, Sharp Entire-leaved Goosefoot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 401

Curtis British Entomology Plate 401
Diptera: Tropidia rufomaculata = Tropidia scita (British Tropidia Hover-fly) [Plant: Scandix pecten-veneris (Venus?s Combe)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 400

Curtis British Entomology Plate 400
Lepidoptera: Nudaria mundana (Muslin Footman) [Plant: Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp Agrimony)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 398

Curtis British Entomology Plate 398
Coleoptera: Thanasimus formicarius (Ant-like Clerus) [Plant: Chenopodium murale (Nettle-leaved Goosefoot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 397

Curtis British Entomology Plate 397
Diptera: Drapetis aterrima = Crossopalpus curvipes (Sea-coast Drapetis) [Plant: Galium sp. (Galium palustre?, White Water-bedstraw)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 396

Curtis British Entomology Plate 396
Lepidoptera: Ino statices = Adscita statices (Green Forester) [Plant: Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 395

Curtis British Entomology Plate 395
Hymenoptera: Encyrtis vitis = Encyrtus swederi (Vine Encyrtus) [Plant: Cyperus fuscus (Dwarf Cyperus)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 394

Curtis British Entomology Plate 394
Coleoptera: Spercheus emarginatus (Notch-headed Hydrophilus) [Plant: Ranunculus lingua (Great Spearwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 393

Curtis British Entomology Plate 393
Diptera: Phytomyza lateralis = Cerodontha lateralis? (Feverfew Phytomyza) [Plant: Tripleurospermum maritimum ssp. inodorum (Pyrethrum inodorum, Corn Feverfew)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 392

Curtis British Entomology Plate 392
Hemiptera: Cicada anglica = Cicadetta montana (New Forest Cicada) [Plant: Aquilegia vulgaris (Common Columbine)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 389

Curtis British Entomology Plate 389
Hymenoptera: Agriotypus armatus (Spined Agriotypus) [Plant: Scutellaria galericulata (Common Skull-cap)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 390

Curtis British Entomology Plate 390
Coleoptera: Oedemera sanguinicollis = Ischnomera sanguinicollis (Red-and-Green Oedemera) [Plant: Nardus stricta (Small Mat-weed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 386

Curtis British Entomology Plate 386
Lepidoptera: Melitaea selene = Boloria (Argynnis) selene (Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary) [Plant: Viola hirta (Hairy Violet)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 388

Curtis British Entomology Plate 388
Hymenoptera: Stilpnus dryadum (Stilpnus of the Woods) [Plant: Sherardia arvensis (Little Field Madder)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 385

Curtis British Entomology Plate 385
Strepsiptera: Elenchus walkeri = Elenchus tenuicornis (Walkerian Stylopid) [Plant: Hypochaeris glabra (Hypochaeris radicata, Long-rooted Cat?s-ear)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 380

Curtis British Entomology Plate 380
Hymenoptera: Cinetus dorsiger = Ismarus dorsiger [Plant: Cirsium dissectum (Cnicus pratensis, Meadow Plume Thistle)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 384

Curtis British Entomology Plate 384
Lepidoptera: Acidalia degenaria = Idaea degeneraria (Portland Ribbon Wave) [Plant: Rubus caesius, flowering (Dew-berry)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 383

Curtis British Entomology Plate 383
Hymenoptera: Aphidius cirsii = Aphidius matricariae (Thistle-aphis Destroyer) [Plant: Anemone apennina (Mountain Anemone)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 382

Curtis British Entomology Plate 382
Coleoptera: Lymexylon navale (Windsor Wood-borer) [Plant: Orobanche purpurea (Orobanche caerulea, Purple Broom-rape)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 381

Curtis British Entomology Plate 381
Hymenoptera: Lyda fasciata Curtis = Neurotoma saltuum (Barred Lyda) [Plant: Carex dioica (male Common Separate-headed Carex)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 378

Curtis British Entomology Plate 378
Lepidoptera: Orgyia gonostigma (Scarce Vapourer. = antiqua?) [Plant: Berberis vulgaris (Barberry)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 379

Curtis British Entomology Plate 379
Coleoptera: Scaphidium 4-maculatum = Scaphidium quadrimaculatum (Orange-spotted Scaphidium) [Plant: Sedum acre (Biting Stone-crop)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 377

Curtis British Entomology Plate 377
Diptera: Conops macrocephala = Conops quadrifasciatus (Yellow-banded Conops) [Plant: Moenchia erecta (Upright Pearl-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 376

Curtis British Entomology Plate 376
Lepidoptera: Anchylopera ustomaculana = Rhopobota ustomaculana (Loch Rannoch Tortrix, Rannoch Bell) [Plant: Thalictrum flavum (Meadow Rue-weed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 373

Curtis British Entomology Plate 373
Hymenoptera: Hylaeus dilatatus (Broad-horned Hylaeus) (but = Hylaeus annularis, Fitton et al.) [Plant: Reseda luteola (Weld or Wolds)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 375

Curtis British Entomology Plate 375
Coleoptera: Serrocerus pectinatus = Xyletinus longitarsis (Serrated-horned Ptinus) [Plant: Viburnum lantana (Way-faring Tree)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 374

Curtis British Entomology Plate 374
Coleoptera: Cetonia stictica (Spotted Chafer. A Mainland-European species) [Plant: Rosa canina (Dog Rose)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 354

Curtis British Entomology Plate 354
Coleoptera: Dyschirius inermis = Dyschirius nitidus (Simple-legged Dischirius) [Plant: Parentucellia viscosa (Bartsia viscosa, Viscous Bartsia)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 372

Curtis British Entomology Plate 372
Lepidoptera: Trochilium bembeciforme = Sphecia bembeciformis (Lunar Hornet Clearwing); Lepidoptera: Trochilium apiforme = Sesia apiformis (Hornet-moth) [Plant: Cerastium fontanum ssp

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 371

Curtis British Entomology Plate 371
Coleoptera: Galeruca viburni = Pyrrhalta viburni (Striped-legged Galeruca) [Plant: Veronica serpyllifolia (Smooth Speedwell)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 370

Curtis British Entomology Plate 370
Coleoptera: Luperus brassicae = Calomicrus circumfusus (Striped Galeruca) [Plant: Orchis morio (Meadow Orchis)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 369

Curtis British Entomology Plate 369
Hemiptera: Alydus calcaratus (Black-and-red Bellied Alydus) [Plant: Jasione montana (Mountain Jasione)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 368

Curtis British Entomology Plate 368
Lepidoptera: Chelaria rhomboidella = Hypatema rhomboidella (Lobster-clawed Moth) [Plant: Daphne laureola (Laurel Mezereon)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 367

Curtis British Entomology Plate 367
Hymenoptera: Dasypoda swammerdamella = Dasypoda altercator (Swammerdam?s Bee) [Plant: Tussilago farfara (Colt?s-foot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 366

Curtis British Entomology Plate 366
Coleoptera: Adimonia 4-maculata = Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata (Orange-and-black Galeruca) [Plant: Allium ursinum (Ramsons)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 365

Curtis British Entomology Plate 365
Diptera: Leptomorphus walkeri (Southgate Crane-fly) [Plant: ? (Jungermannia epiphylla)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 364

Curtis British Entomology Plate 364
Lepidoptera: Orthotaenia turionella = Blartesthia turionella (Orange and Silver Ribbon) Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 363

Curtis British Entomology Plate 363
Coleoptera: Uloma fagi = Alphitobius laevigatus (Bake-house beetle) [Plant: Helleborus foetidus (Bear?s Foot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 362

Curtis British Entomology Plate 362
Coleoptera: Leptura apicalis = Strangalia quadrifasciata (Horn-tipped Leptura) [Plant: Scutellaria minor (Less Skull-cap)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 361

Curtis British Entomology Plate 361
Hymenoptera: Saropoda bimaculata = Anthophora bimaculata (Two-spotted Saropoda) [Plant: Centaurea scabiosa (Great Knapweed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 360

Curtis British Entomology Plate 360
Lepidoptera: Pieris crataegi = Aporia crataegi (Black-veined White) [Plant: Potamogeton pectinatus (Potamogeton pectinatum, Fennel-leaved Pond-weed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 359

Curtis British Entomology Plate 359
Coleoptera: Hydrochus elongatus (Elongated Hydrochus) Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 358

Curtis British Entomology Plate 358
Coleoptera: Diaperis boleti (Orange-spotted Diaperis) [Plant: Radiola linoides (Radiola millegrana, All-seed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 357

Curtis British Entomology Plate 357
Hymenoptera: Anthophora haworthana = Anthophora retusa (Haworthian Bee) [Plant: Koeleria cristata (Aira cristata, Crested Hair-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 356

Curtis British Entomology Plate 356
Lepidoptera: Acosmetia fuscula = Lithacodia pygarga (Marbled White-spot) [Plant: Rubus caesius, fruiting (Dew-berry)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 355

Curtis British Entomology Plate 355
Coleoptera: Lycoperdina bovistae (Puff-ball Beetle) [Plant: Bovista plumbea (Lycoperdon bovista, Puff-ball or Bull-fist)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 343

Curtis British Entomology Plate 343
Coleoptera: Hydroporus davisii = Oreodites davisi (Davisian Water-beetle) [Plant: Utricularia minor (Less Hooded Milfoil ] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 353

Curtis British Entomology Plate 353
Hymenoptera: Xylonomus pilicornis = Xorides fuligator (Hairy horned Ichneumon) [Plant: Briza minor (Small Quake-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 352

Curtis British Entomology Plate 352
Lepidoptera: Carpocapsa leplastriana = Selania leplastriana (Leplastrier?s Piercer) [Plant: Brassica oleracea (Sea Cabbage)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 351

Curtis British Entomology Plate 351
Coleoptera: Corynetes violaceus = Necrobia violacea (Blue Corynetes) [Plant: Campanula patula (Field Bell-flower)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 350

Curtis British Entomology Plate 350
Coleoptera: Necrobia ruficollis (Red-necked Necrobia) [Plant: Silene gallica (Silene anglica, English Catch-fly)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 349

Curtis British Entomology Plate 349
Hymenoptera: Coelioxys vectis (Isle of Wight Coelioxys) [Plant: Spergularia media or S. marina (Sea Spurry Sandwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 348

Curtis British Entomology Plate 348
Lepidoptera: Triphaena consequa = Noctua comes ab. curtisii (Bute Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing) [Plant: Primula veris (Cowslip)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 347

Curtis British Entomology Plate 347
Coleoptera: Oomorphus concolor = Lamprosoma concolor (Knotted-horned Byrrhus) [Plant: Matthiola sinuata (Cheiranthus sunuatus, Sea Stock)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 346

Curtis British Entomology Plate 346
Coleoptera: Leiochiton readii = Miscodera arctica (Readian Leiochiton) [Plant: Hymenophyllum tunbridgense (Tunbridge Goldilocks)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 345

Curtis British Entomology Plate 345
Hymenoptera: Decatoma cooperi = Sycophila biguttata (Cooperian Decatoma) [Plant: Corylus avellana (Hazel-nut Tree)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 344

Curtis British Entomology Plate 344
Lepidoptera: Lepidocera birdella = Ochsenheimeria mediopectinellus (Liverpool Feather-horn) [Plant: Verbascum sp. (Verbascum thapsus, Great Mullein)] Date: 1824-39



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