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Ledipotera Collection (#7)

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 255

Curtis British Entomology Plate 255
Coleoptera: Hypulus biflexuosus = Abdera biflexuosa (Double-banded Hyplexus) [Plant: Orchis purpurea (Orchis fusca, Brown Orchis)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 248

Curtis British Entomology Plate 248
Lepidoptera: Polia occulta = Eurois occulta (Great Brocade) [Plant: Taraxacum officinale (Leontodon taraxacum, Common Dandelion)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 254

Curtis British Entomology Plate 254
Coleoptera: Notiophilus rufipes (Red-legged Notiophilus) [Plant: Cerastium arvense (Corn Mouse-ear)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 253

Curtis British Entomology Plate 253
Hymenoptera: Sirex juvencus (Fir-destroying Wood-wasp) [Plant: Lapsana communis (Common Nipple-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 252

Curtis British Entomology Plate 252
Lepidoptera: Gortyna micacea = Hydraecia micacea (Rosy Rustic, Rosy Ear) Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 251

Curtis British Entomology Plate 251
Coleoptera: Leiodes cinnamomea (Truffle Beetle) [Plant: Tuber, cf. aestivum (Tuber cibarium = Lycoperdon tuber, Truffle)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 250

Curtis British Entomology Plate 250
Coleoptera: Ochthebius hibernicus = Ochthebius punctatus (Irish Ochthebius) [Plant: Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 249

Curtis British Entomology Plate 249
Hymenoptera: Ceraphron halidayi = Dendrocerus halidayi (Curtis) [Plant: Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 240

Curtis British Entomology Plate 240
Coleoptera: Berosus aericeps = Berosus signaticollis (Berosus Water-beetle) [Plant: Cochlearia anglica (English Scurvy-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 247

Curtis British Entomology Plate 247
Coleoptera: Attagenus trifasciatus (Banded Attagenus. Adventive) [Plant: Stachys palustris (Marsh Woundwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 246

Curtis British Entomology Plate 246
Coleoptera: Nosodendron fasciculare (Tufted Nosodendron. A non-indigenous genus) [Plant: Centranthus calcitrapae (Valeriana calcitrapa, Portugese Valerian)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 245

Curtis British Entomology Plate 245
Diptera: Sepsis annulipes = Themira annulipes (Ring-footed Fly) [Plant: Trifolium ochroleucon (Brimstone Trefoil)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 244

Curtis British Entomology Plate 244
Coleoptera: Megatoma serra = Ctesias serra (Toothed-horn Megatoma) [Plant: Ophrys sphegodes (Ophrys aranifera, Spider Ophrys)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 243

Curtis British Entomology Plate 243
Coleoptera: Hydrobius chalconotus = Hydrobius fuscipes (Salt-water Hydrobius) [Plant: Inula crithmoides (Samphire-leaved Fleabane)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 242

Curtis British Entomology Plate 242
Lepidoptera: Colias hyale (Pale Clouded Yellow) Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 241

Curtis British Entomology Plate 241
Diptera: Tephritis cornutus = Terellia ceratocera (Long-horned Aster-fly) [Plant: Centaurea nigra (Black Knapweed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 234

Curtis British Entomology Plate 234
Hymenoptera: Ichneumon atropos = Callajoppa exaltatoria (Death?s Head Ichneumon) [Plant: Luzula multiflora (Juncus liniger Withering, or Luzula congesta, Flaxen Rush)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 239

Curtis British Entomology Plate 239
Coleoptera: Hydrous piceus = Hydrophilus piceus (Great Water-beetle) [Plant: Sieglingia (= Danthonia) decumbens (Poa decumbens, Decumbent Meadow-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 238

Curtis British Entomology Plate 238
Hymenoptera: Pompilus rufipes = Episyron rufipes [Plant: Centaurium erythraea (Chironia centaureum, Common Centaury)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 237

Curtis British Entomology Plate 237
Lepidoptera: Orthosia lunosa = Omphaloscelis lunosa (Lunar Underwing) [Plant: Herminium monorchis (Ophrys monorchis, Yellow or Musk Ophrys)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 236

Curtis British Entomology Plate 236
Coleoptera: Noterus sparsus = Noterus clavicornis (Marsham?s Noterus Water-beetle) [Plant: Veronica beccabunga (Brooklime)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 235

Curtis British Entomology Plate 235
Coleoptera: Tarus basalis = Cymindis vapariorum (Yorkshire Tarus) [Plant: Betonica officinalis (Wood Betony)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 232

Curtis British Entomology Plate 232
Coleoptera: Mezeum sulcatum = Mezium affine (Shining Ptinus) [Plant: Ornithopus perpusillus (Common Bird?s-foot)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 233

Curtis British Entomology Plate 233
Lepidoptera: Phycita pinguis = Euzophera pinguis (Tabby Knot-horn) [Plant: Platanthera bifolia (Ophrys bifolia, Butterfly Orchis)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 225

Curtis British Entomology Plate 225
Lepidoptera: Speranza sylvaria = Itame (or Macaria) brunneata (Rannoch Looper) [Plant: Melampyrum pratense (Meadow Cow-wheat)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 231

Curtis British Entomology Plate 231
Coleoptera: Dromius spilotus (Epaulet Dromius), = Syntomus obscuroguttatus [Plant: Erodium cicutarium? (Erodium cicutarium var. Hemlock Crane?s-bill)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 230

Curtis British Entomology Plate 230
Hemiptera: Aradus corticalis (Hampshire Aradus) [Plant: Orchis mascula (Early Orchis)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 229

Curtis British Entomology Plate 229
Lepidoptera: Clisiocampa castrensis = Malacosoma castrensis (Ground Lackey) [Plant: Artemisia maritima (Drooping-flowered Sea Wormwood)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 228

Curtis British Entomology Plate 228
Coleoptera: Syntonium nigrum-aeneum = Syntomium aeneum (Bronzed Syntomium) [Plant: Thesium humifusum (Thesium linophyllum, Bastard Toadflax)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 227

Curtis British Entomology Plate 227
Coleoptera: Odacantha melanura (Green-and-orange Odacantha) [Plant: Potentilla anserina (Silver Weed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 226

Curtis British Entomology Plate 226
Strepsiptera: Stylops dalii (Dalian Stylopid) Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 224

Curtis British Entomology Plate 224
Coleoptera: Heterocerus obsoletus (Largest Heterocerus) [Plant: Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 220

Curtis British Entomology Plate 220
Coleoptera: Onthophilus sulcatus = Onthophilus punctatus (Onthophilus) [Plant: Gentiana amarella (Autumnal Gentian)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 223

Curtis British Entomology Plate 223
Coleoptera: Polystichus fasciolatus = Polistichus connexus (Sea-shore Polystichus) [Plant: Honckenya peploides (Arenaria peploides, Sea Sandwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 222

Curtis British Entomology Plate 222
Hymenoptera: Osmia parietina (Ambleside Osmia) [Plant: Salvia verbenaca (Wild Clary)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 221

Curtis British Entomology Plate 221
Lepidoptera: Depressaria bluntii = Depressaria depressella (Blunt?s Flat-body) [Plant: Pastinaca sativa (Wild Parsnep)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 218

Curtis British Entomology Plate 218
Hymenoptera: Megachile willughbiella (Willughby?s Leaf-cutter Bee) [Plant: Mercurialis annua (Annual Mercury)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 219

Curtis British Entomology Plate 219
Coleoptera: Monochamus sartor (Genus omitted from Pope?s Check List) [Plant: Saxifraga tridactylites (Rue-leaved Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 217

Curtis British Entomology Plate 217
Lepidoptera: Catocala elocata = Catocala nupta (Red Underwing) Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 216

Curtis British Entomology Plate 216
Coleoptera: Dascillus cervinus [Plant: Orchis ustulata (Dwarf Orchis)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 204

Curtis British Entomology Plate 204
Coleoptera: Micropeplus tesserula (Irish Micropeplus) [Plant: Alchemilla alpina (Cinquefoil Ladies? Mantle)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 215

Curtis British Entomology Plate 215
Coleoptera: Telephorus cyaneus = Cantharis abdominalis var. cyanea [Plant: Primula farinosa (Mountain Auricula)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 214

Curtis British Entomology Plate 214
Hymenoptera: Pimpla aethiops (Whittlesea Pimpla) [Plant: Butomus umbellatus (Flowering Rush)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 213

Curtis British Entomology Plate 213
Lepidoptera: Pentophera nigricans = Diaphora mendica (Muslin moth) [Plant: Lolium perenne (Ray Grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 212

Curtis British Entomology Plate 212
Coleoptera: Magdalis carbonarius = Magdalis carbonaria (Long-nosed Magdalis Weevil) [Plant: Prunus cerasus (Cherry-tree)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 211

Curtis British Entomology Plate 211
Coleoptera: Apion difformis = Apion difforme (Eccentric Apion Weevil) [Plant: Brassica napus (Brassica campestris, Field Cabbage or Colewort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 210

Curtis British Entomology Plate 210
Diptera: Anopheles bifurcatus = Anopheles claviger (Plain Mosquito) [Plant: ? ( Agaricus plicatilis Curtis)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 209

Curtis British Entomology Plate 209
Lepidoptera: Amphisa walkerana = Philedonides lunana (Walker?s Lanark Tortrix) [Plant: Cerastium arcticum (Cerastium latifolium, Broad-leaved Rough Chickweed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 208

Curtis British Entomology Plate 208
Coleoptera: Coccinella ocellata = Anatis ocellata (Ocellated Lady-bird) [Plant: Astragalus glycyphyllos (Wild Liquorice)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 207

Curtis British Entomology Plate 207
Coleoptera: Colymbetes consobrinus = Colymbetes cicur (Tuther?s Dyticus Water-beetle. A South African species) [Plant: Utricularia vulgaris (Great Bladder-snout)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 206

Curtis British Entomology Plate 206
Hymenoptera: Dryinus cursor = Anteon cursor (Irish Dryinus) [Plant: Cirsium acaule (Carduus acaulis, Dwarf Thistle)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 205

Curtis British Entomology Plate 205
Lepidoptera: Hipparchia hero = Coenonympha hero (Plastead?s Brown Ringlet Butterfly ? mainland-European) [Plant: Convolvulus arvense (Convolvulus arvensis, Small Bindwed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 200

Curtis British Entomology Plate 200
Coleoptera: Cillenum laterale = Cillenus lateralis (= Bembidion) [Plant: Coronopus squamatus (Coronopus ruellii, Swine?s Cress)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 203

Curtis British Entomology Plate 203
Coleoptera: Aepus fulvescens = Aepus marinus (Tawny Aepus) [Plant: Lobelia dortmanna (Water Gladiole)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 202

Curtis British Entomology Plate 202
Neuroptera: Hemerobius fimbriatus (Hemerobiidae: Bordered Brown Lacewing), = Megalomus hirtus (Linn.). [Plant: Prunella vulgaris (Self-heal)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 201

Curtis British Entomology Plate 201
Lepidoptera: Melia flammea = Senta (Mythimna) flammea (Flame Wainscot) [Plant: Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (Sisymbrium nasturtium, Water-cress)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 199

Curtis British Entomology Plate 199
Coleoptera: *Clytus quadripunctatus (Spotted Longicorn), = ? From Mr. Sparshall; a mainland-European species? [Plant: Chelidonium majus (Greater Celandine)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 197

Curtis British Entomology Plate 197
Coleoptera: Orchesia fasciata = Orchesia undulata (Banded Orchesia Jumping Beetle) [Plant: Malva moschata (Musk Mallow)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 198

Curtis British Entomology Plate 198
Hymenoptera: Anomalon vesparum = Sphecopgaga vesparum (Wasps? Ichneumon) [Plant: Pulicaria vulgaris (Inula pulicaria, Less Fleabane)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 195

Curtis British Entomology Plate 195
Lepidoptera: Sphinx carolina (Tobacco Hawk-moth: spurious British record of a North American species?) Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 196

Curtis British Entomology Plate 196
Coleoptera: Pterostichus elongatus (Elongated Pterostichus: a mainland-european species) [Plant: Ranunculus sardous (Ranunculus parvulus, Dwarf Ranunculus)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 194

Curtis British Entomology Plate 194
Hymenoptera: Cleonymus maculipennis = Cheiropachus quadrum (Spotted-winged Cleonymus) [Plant: Euonymus europaeus (Spindle-tree)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 189

Curtis British Entomology Plate 189
Lepidoptera: Anacampsis longicornis = Lita longicornis (Long-horned Flat-back, Groundling) [Plant: Sanicula europaea (Common Sanicle)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 193

Curtis British Entomology Plate 193
Lepidoptera: Cerura latifasciata = Harpyia bifida (Poplar Kitten) [Plant: Geum rivale (Water Avens)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 192

Curtis British Entomology Plate 192
Coleoptera: Patrobus apinus = Patrobus septentrionis (Winged Patrobus) [Plant: Saxifraga hypnoides (Moss Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 191

Curtis British Entomology Plate 191
Coleoptera: Ophonus germanus = Diachromus germanus (Red and Blue Ophonus: subgenus Ophonus) [Plant: Rumex conglomeratus (Rumex pratensis)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 190

Curtis British Entomology Plate 190
Plecoptera: Perla cephalotes = Dinocras cephalotes (Perlidae: Broad-headed Stone-fly) [Plant: Trollius europaeus (Globe-flower)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 176

Curtis British Entomology Plate 176
Coleoptera: Leistus fulvibarbis (Orange-mouthed Leistus) [Plant: Spiranthes spiralis (Neottia spiralis, Ladies? Tresses)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 188

Curtis British Entomology Plate 188
Coleoptera: *Zabrus obesus (Devon Zabrus): cf. Z. tenebrioides, but Curtis?s specimen seems to have been non-British. [Plant: Geranium pyrenaicum (Mountain Crane?s-bill)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 187

Curtis British Entomology Plate 187
Coleoptera: Poecilus lepidus = Pterostichus lepidus (Narrow Poecilus) [Plant: Hordeum murinum (Wall Barley)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 186

Curtis British Entomology Plate 186
Diptera: Ceria conopsoides = Ceriana conopsoides (Long-horned Hover-Fly. Not British) [Plant: Briza media (Common Quaker-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 185

Curtis British Entomology Plate 185
Lepidoptera: Hepialus sylvinus = Hepialus sylvina (Orange Swift, Wood Swift) [Plant: Alchemilla vulgaris agg. (Alchemilla vulgaris, Common Ladies? Mantle)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 184

Curtis British Entomology Plate 184
Coleoptera: Calathus latus = Calathus punctipennis (Broad Calathus. A mainland-European species) [Plant: Asperula odorata (Sweet Woodroof)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 183

Curtis British Entomology Plate 183
Coleoptera: *Agonum austriacum (Cranch?s Agonum), probably = Agonum viridecupreum (a mainland-European species) [Plant: Serratula tinctoria (Common Saw-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 182

Curtis British Entomology Plate 182
Diptera: Rhingia campestris = Rhingia macrocephala (Chequered-bodied Hover-fly) [Plant: Silene dioica (Melandrium rubrum; Lychnis dioica var. diurna, Red Campion)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 180

Curtis British Entomology Plate 180
Coleoptera: Callistus lunatus (Kent Carabus) [Plant: Scabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 179

Curtis British Entomology Plate 179
Coleoptera: Elaphrus uliginosus (Dark-legged Elaphrus) [Plant: Cardamine pratensis (Common Ladies? Smock)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 178

Curtis British Entomology Plate 178
Diptera: Cecidomyia verna = Contarina verna (Curtis): Vernal Crane-fly) [Plant: Galeobdolon luteum (Yellow Archangel)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 177

Curtis British Entomology Plate 177
Lepidoptera: Miselia bimaculosa = Meganephria bimaculosa (Double-spot Brocade) Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 172

Curtis British Entomology Plate 172
Coleoptera: Lamia nubila = Mesosa nebulosa (Clouded Lamia) [Plant: Lathyrus tuberosus (Orobus tuberosus, Heath or Wood Pea)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 175

Curtis British Entomology Plate 175
Coleoptera: Clivina collaris (Winged Clivina) [Plant: Galeopsis ladanum (Red Hemp-nettle)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 174

Curtis British Entomology Plate 174
Hemiptera: Coreus scapha = Enoplops scapha (Sea-side Coreus) [Plant: Crithmum maritimum (Rock Samphire)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 173

Curtis British Entomology Plate 173
Lepidoptera: Gonepteryx rhamni var. (Brimstone) [Plant: Melica unifora (Wood Melic-grass)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageLedipotera Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 171

Curtis British Entomology Plate 171
Coleoptera: Steropus concinnus = Pterostichus madidus var. concinnus (Mountain Steropus) [Plant: Saxifraga cernua (Drooping Bulbous Saxifrage)] Date: 1824-39



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