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Attacus atlas. Attacus atlas, the Atlas moth, is a large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae . The Atlas moth is one of the largest lepidopterans, with a wingspan measuring up to 24 cm (9.4 in) [ 1] and a wing surface area of about 160 cm 2 (≈25 ...
Endoxyla cinereus, the giant wood moth, is a moth in the family Cossidae. [ 1] It is found in Australia ( Queensland, New South Wales) and New Zealand. [ 2] The species was first described in 1890. A rare contemporary sighting of the moth at a school in Australia garnered notice as an editor's pick among the daily headlines of the New York ...
Saturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. [ 1] The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world. Notable members include the emperor moths, royal moths, and giant silk moths (or wild silk moths). Adults are characterized by large ...
The mouth is the body orifice through which many animals ingest food and vocalize. The body cavity immediately behind the mouth opening, known as the oral cavity (or cavum oris in Latin ), [ 2] is also the first part of the alimentary canal, which leads to the pharynx and the gullet. In tetrapod vertebrates, the mouth is bounded on the outside ...
The thorax is composed of three segments, each with a pair of legs. In most families of butterfly the antennae are clubbed, unlike those of moths which may be threadlike or feathery. The long proboscis can be coiled when not in use for sipping nectar from flowers. [20] Unlike butterflies, most moths (like Laothoe populi) fly by night and hide ...
Podargus. Batrachostomus. Rigidipenna. The frogmouths (Podargidae) are a group of nocturnal birds related to owlet-nightjars, swifts, and hummingbirds. Species in the group are distributed in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms .
A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake / reservoir, a bay / gulf, a sea, or an ocean. [ 1] At the river mouth, sediments are often deposited due to the slowing of the current, reducing the carrying capacity of the water. [ 1] The water from a river can enter the receiving body in a ...
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. [1] The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, especially in the New World (Miller, 1992).