Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Plate 44) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 kentucky Obertürkheim

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Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Plate 44) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 kentucky ObertürkheimInsecta 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