Phastulifera
Artist
John Abbot
(British, 1751 - 1840)
Date1797
MediumEngraving, hand-colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Lawrence Reed Miller
Object number2010.11.3
DescriptionPhastulifera hastulifera (American-alter dagger moth) as a caterpillar, chrysalis, and moth on a leafy green plant with seedpods (betula serrulata / American alder). Plate 92 from "The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia", by John Abbot (1715-c.1840) and Sir James Smith (British 1759-1828), London: printed by T. Bensley for J. Edwards [etc.] 1797.
