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Definition of Genus Callimorpha
1. Noun. Cinnabar moths.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Arctiidae, Family Arctiidae
Member holonyms: Callimorpha Jacobeae, Cinnabar, Cinnabar Moth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Callimorpha
Literary usage of Genus Callimorpha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Report on the Insects of Massachusetts, Injurious to Vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1841)
"... genus Callimorpha* (meaning beautiful form), one species of which inhabits
Massachusetts, and is called Callimorpha militaris, the soldier-moth, ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1889)
"Genus CALLIMORPHA Latr. This genus has been so thoroughly discussed by Mr.
Lyman and myself in CAN. ENT., XIX , 181-191 and 235-239, that it is scarcely ..."
3. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"... the borders irregularly blackish ; and the hind-wings are white or yellow,
sometimes marked with a large black spot beyond the middle. genus Callimorpha ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"SCIENCE. surprising is the absence of the familiar genus Callimorpha with its
European and Asiatic species. If this genus belongs to the ..."
5. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"... D. Mia, Drury. wings scarlet, with an irreg- ular black border. The Genus
Callimorpha contains the Soldier-Moth, ..."
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