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Entomologica in Litteris
Author(s) -
Herfs Adolf
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
zeitschrift für angewandte entomologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0418
pISSN - 0044-2240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1962.tb04073.x
Subject(s) - antique , insect , nomenclature , poetry , mythology , biology , zoology , literature , ecology , history , art , ancient history , taxonomy (biology)
Summary Important insect pests – for example, termites, ants grasshoppers, flies, bugs and fleas – are frequently recorded in the classical literature of mankind (Indian myths, Bible, Homer, Dante, Goethe) and have often been subjects of poetry. The damage and epidemics caused by these insects has also been treated by literates all along. Since Linné, insect nomenclature has frequently made use of names of antique legendary persons, and particularly butterflies have been named so.