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Details for Microlepidoptera miscellanea

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Collection data
NameMicrolepidoptera miscellanea
Alternative name
DescriptionA specialized collection of Microlepidoptera from the Temperate Europe, North Africa and North America
Description for specialistsCollection of 5500 Microlepidoptera in 50 entomological boxes, from the Holoarctic Region with essentially Palaearctic material (mainly Europe), collected during the 30s of the twentieth century, 1950-1960, 1980-2000 (mainly), 2000-2004. There are represented the follows families: Pterophoridae, Alucitidae, Chorentidae, Brachodidae, Oecophoridae, Depressariidae, Ethmidae, Yponomentidae, Tineidae, Ypsolophidae, Argyresthiidae, Ochsenheimeriidae, Psychidae, Sesiidae, Micropterigidae, Adelidae
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Provenance
Notes
Primary grouping principleTaxonomic
Primary purposeResearch
Part of collection
Related collection(s)
Known to contain typesNot known to contain types
Rights
RightsThe materials are property of the Municipality of Rome
Access rightsThe collection is freely available for scientific research, under the regulations set up by the managerial staff
Usage restrictionsDestructive or invasive assays are normally prohibited or must be previously agreed with the managerial staff. Uses other than for scientific research (e.g. extensive taking of pictures for commercial use) are subject to written contracts
Collection types
Animals, Taxonomic
McGinley conservation statuses
Level 6 Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.
Level 7 Physical curation complete, species level inventory complete.
Date 14-05-2010 (dd-mm-yyyy)
Development status
Passive growth
Collectors
Barbera, Carlo Prola (most of the collection), Fiorentini, Julius Ganev, Paolo Luigioni, Paolo Maltzeff, Piero Provera (most of the collection), Vita, Zilli, deFreina, minor and unknown collectors
Expeditions
no expedition
Formation periods
1950-1960, 1980-2000 (mainly), 2000-2004, 30s of the twentieth century
Collection extents
5500 specimens
Kingdom coverage
Animalia
Taxon coverage
Pterophoridae, Alucitidae, Chorentidae, Brachodidae, Oecophoridae, Depressariidae, Ethmidae, Yponomentidae, Tineidae, Ypsolophidae, Argyresthiidae, Ochsenheimeriidae, Psychidae, Sesiidae, Micropterigidae, Adelidae
Common name coverage
Collection of Microlepidoptera miscellanea (strength)
Geospatial coverage
Palaearctic Region with specimens mainly from Europe
Living time periods
Actual
Specimen preservation methods
Pinned
Media
50 entomological boxes and various slides
File formats
unapplicable
Item level access
Source: not available
Related material
Pinzari M and Prola C., 2003. Nuovi dati sulle Sesiidae della fauna italiana (Lepidoptera Sesiidae). Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana, 134 (3): 265-272., Prola C. and Beer S., 1991. Le Sesiidae della fauna italiana (Lepidoptera). Memorie della Società entomologica italiana, 79 (1): 278-312., Prola C. and Racheli T., 1989. An annotaed list of Italian Pterophoridae (Lepidopetra). Atalanta, 15 (3/4): 305-337.
Institution
Museo Civico di Zoologia
Persons
Francesca Pavesi
Alberto Zilli
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