Definition of Genus Callimorpha

1. Noun. Cinnabar moths.

Exact synonyms: Callimorpha
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Arctiidae, Family Arctiidae
Member holonyms: Callimorpha Jacobeae, Cinnabar, Cinnabar Moth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Callimorpha

genus Cajanus
genus Cakile
genus Caladenia
genus Caladium
genus Calamagrostis
genus Calamintha
genus Calamus
genus Calandrinia
genus Calanthe
genus Calceolaria
genus Calendula
genus Calidris
genus Calla
genus Calliandra
genus Callicebus
genus Callimorpha (current term)
genus Callinectes
genus Calliophis
genus Calliphora
genus Callirhoe
genus Callisaurus
genus Callistephus
genus Callithrix
genus Callitriche
genus Callitris
genus Callophis
genus Callorhinus
genus Calluna
genus Calocarpum
genus Calocedrus

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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