Lexicographical Neighbors of Arctiids
Literary usage of Arctiids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"... arctiids, Ac., the genera as used by Hampson, whose work in this direction is
based entirely on the principle above enunciated. We are utterly at sea, ..."
2. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"of genera, which contain species that differ in appearance from other Noctuids,
the larvae of many being hairy like those of arctiids. ..."
3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1899)
"I am aware that Georgia is given as a locality in my catalogue of arctiids, but
this was without better basis than the Walker record, ..."
4. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"The arctiids are mainly medium-sized moths, often brilliantly colored. Most of
the group are not serious pests, but individuals, particularly in their ..."
5. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1908)
"The term was used by Walker, in 1856, to cover most of the moths and was applied
even later to the arctiids. Papilio, found only in Ovid and Pliny, ..."
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