Definition of Genus alsophila

1. Noun. Geometrid moths.

Exact synonyms: Alsophila
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Geometridae, Geometridae
Member holonyms: Alsophila Pometaria, Fall Cankerworm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Alsophila

genus Alliaria
genus Alligator
genus Allionia
genus Allium
genus Allosaurus
genus Alnus
genus Alocasia
genus Aloe
genus Alopecurus
genus Alopex
genus Alopius
genus Alosa
genus Alouatta
genus Alpinia
genus Alsobia
genus Alsophila
genus Alstonia
genus Alstroemeria
genus Alternanthera
genus Althaea
genus Alyssum
genus Alytes
genus Amanita
genus Amaranthus
genus Amaryllis
genus Amauropelta
genus Amazona
genus Amberboa
genus Ambloplites
genus Amblyrhynchus

Literary usage of Genus alsophila

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by William Jackson Hooker (1846)
"... has given his views of the genus Alsophila, which he makes to dedon Journal of Botany'in which Mr. Gardner's paper appears, Mr. J. pend on the " veins ..."

2. The Moth Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Moths of North America by William Jacob Holland (1903)
"The canker-worm is widely distributed from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Genus ALSOPHILA Hiibner Only one species of the genus occurs within our limits. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"The genus Alsophila has three species which are well known. A. armata, occurring at 4000 to 5000 feet elevation, has a usual height of 40 to 45 feet and is ..."

4. The London Journal of Botany by William Jackson Hooker (1842)
"... Flora Nova Hollandia, in the following observations made under the genus Alsophila, at page 158:—" Cya- thea multiflora Sm., horrida Sm., Capensis Sm., ..."

5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"... for the convenience of those to whom this construction may at first seem strange, those species which would belong to the artificial genus Alsophila. ..."

6. The Principles of Floriculture by Edward Albert White (1915)
"Order, Cyatheaceae; genus, Alsophila (Greek, meaning grote- loving); species, australis. Habitat. — Australia. The botanical characters and culture are ..."

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