[Taxacom] species name etymology

[John Grehan]

Nice connections for Aenetus. Thanks!

A couple of other offline responses wondered about the scales. I don't
think that was the reference in this case as the individual scales do not
show up distinctly any more than in most other moths, but there is some
mottling (for the lack of a better word) on the forewings that may be the
basis. If any one is sufficiently curious there is an image at
http://johngrehan.net/files/6614/3050/6778/F_Kuranda_QLD_30_DEC_1980_leg_Straatman.png

If that provides any further clues I would be most interested.

John Grehan

On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 11:58 PM, Geoff Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

>
> I like to check out the people of the genera names:
>
> Aenetus (Hist) a governor of Ephesus under Demetrius, who lost the city
> through the stratagems of Lycus and Andrun.
>
> Aenetus (Biog) a victor at the Olympic games, who died from excess of  Joy
> at the moment of receiving the crown.
>
> For a massive Latin dictionary online go to Lewis & Short:
>
> https://archive.org/stream/LewisAndShortANewLatinDictiona
> ry/lewisandshort#page/n0/mode/2up
>
> Geoff
>
> On Mon, February 26, 2018 5:28 pm, John Grehan wrote:
> > I had an off list suggestion from the botanical world where  the
> > protologue
> > in that case specifically refers to a tile-like pattern, and also
> referred
> > to Stearn's (1983) Botanical Latin  "Tegula (s.f. I): tile, tiled roof,
> > involucral scale, phyllary."
> >
> > So in this case the term may have been used to describe the mottled wing
> > pattern of the species (this would also work for the mollusc species that
> > I
> > looked up which had a mottled pattern on the shell).
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > John Grehan
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 10:52 PM, John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks. That had crossed my mind, but there is nothing distinctive about
> >> the tegulae of this species and any other. The species was named in the
> >> 1800's and not dissected so I am assuming, unless hearing otherwise,
> >> that
> >> the name is descriptive in some way. If knew what the word derivation
> >> was I
> >> might be able to figure it out. I probably need a good Latin or Greek
> >> dictionary.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 10:44 PM, Stephen Thorpe <
> >> stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> >>
> >>> It presumably refers to the tegulae
> >>>
> >>> --------------------------------------------
> >>> On Mon, 26/2/18, John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  Subject: [Taxacom] species name etymology
> >>>  To: "taxacom" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> >>>  Received: Monday, 26 February, 2018, 4:28 PM
> >>>
> >>>  Dear colleagues,
> >>>
> >>>  This is a question for any with
> >>>  specialist knowledge of species name
> >>>  etymology.  I am curious about the
> >>>  possible derivation of the name of a
> >>>  moth called Aenetus tegulatus. The
> >>>  original author says nothing about the
> >>>  choice and I wondered if the term had
> >>>  any particular meaning in terms of
> >>>  Latin or Greek roots. I know absolutely
> >>>  nothing about such matters but hope
> >>>  that there are some on this list who
> >>>  do. I looked up tegulatus on the web
> >>>  and came up with a spider and a
> >>>  mollusc, but in neither case any reference
> >>>  to the name choice.
> >>>
> >>>  Many thanks,
> >>>
> >>>  John Grehan
>
> --
> Geoffrey B. Read, Ph.D.
> Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
> gread at actrix.gen.nz
>
>