This Haeckel moth scientific illustration giclee print is a reproduction from Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms of Nature) which was published in 1904. It features the tineida family of moths with views of the twenty- plume moth, the white plum moth, and the diamondback moth, along with others.
Tineida is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. Most of the tineid moths are small or medium-sized, with wings held roofwise over the body when at rest.
Tineida are unusual among Lepidoptera as the larvae of only a very small number of species feed on living plants, the majority feeding on fungi, lichens, and detritus. The most familiar members of the family are the clothes moths, which have adapted to feeding on stored fabrics.
The most widespread of such species are the common clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella), the case-bearing clothes moth (Tinea pellionella), and the carpet moth (Trichophaga tapetzella); the brown-dotted clothes moth (Niditinea fuscella) despite its name, preferentially feeds on feathers in bird nests.
One remarkable genus is Ceratophaga, whose members feed exclusively on pure keratin in the form of the horns and hooves of dead mammals and even the shells of dead tortoises.
ABOUT THE MAKER:
Ernst Haeckel was a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology, including anthropogeny, ecology, phylum, phylogeny, stem cell, and Protista.
Haeckel promoted and popularized Charles Darwin’s work in Germany and developed the influential but no longer widely held recapitulation theory claiming that an individual’s organism’s biological development parallels and summarizes its species’ evolutionary development.
This vintage art print is one of many by Ernst Haeckel and makes an excellent choice for your home or office, or, as a gift for any fans of biology, or antique scientific illustrations. We offer this print as a fine art giclee print in many different sizes on fine art paper (matte or glossy) or as a professionally gallery wrapped canvas print. For a gallery wrapped canvas print, please convo me for a special quote just for you with the size you would like.