[Taxacom] species name etymology

[John Grehan]

Then no doubt a worthwhile genus :)

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 4:41 AM, Anastasios Legakis <alegakis at biol.uoa.gr>
wrote:

> Aenetus in Greek is a person that may be worthwhile.
>
> A. Legakis
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> Στις 26/2/2018 5:28 πμ, ο John Grehan έγραψε:
>
>> 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
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