Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Plate 44) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 kentucky border and caption choices

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Obertürkheim

making it an effective tool for identification

two pheasants balance on snow-laden boughs

and cattle ranches

Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Plate 44) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 kentucky border and caption choicesInsecta Lepidoptera Heterocera Pl 045 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman captures the Victorian zeal for understanding and ordering the natural world. Created in 1879, this zoological plate presents a poised array of moths rendered with scientific clarity, their forms set against a pale ground that emphasizes structure and pattern over ornament. Godman, a 19th century English naturalist with a particular focus on entomology and collecting, worked