is a Japanese novelist from Hokkaido Prefecture. He won the 21st Mephisto Prize for Flicker Style, and the 20th Yukio Mishima Prize for 1000 Novels and Backbeard. His works have been translated into English, Chinese and Korean. Sato's short story "Same As Always" was translated for the The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (2018), and has been described as "an acerbic meditation on the complex interplay of gender and nurturing in post-Fukushima Japan."

Kenzaburō Ōe, Kenji Nakagami and especially J. D. Salinger affected Sato's style.

Works in English translation
Novel
Dendera, trans. Nathan Collins and Edwin Hawkes (Haikasoru, 2015)
Short story
"Gray-Colored Diet Coke" (Faust 2, Del Rey, 2009)
This is a stand-alone short story and is also the first chapter of his Novel Gray-Colored Diet Coke. The title was named after Kenji Nakagami's Gray-Colored Coke.

Awards and nominations
 2001 – Mephisto Prize: Furikka Shiki (Flicker Style) (Novel)
 2005 – Nominee for Noma Literary New Face Prize: Kodomo-tachi Okoru Okoru Okoru (Children Shout Shit! Shit! Shit!) (Short story collection)
 2007 – Mishima Yukio Prize: Sen no Shosetsu to Bakkubeado (1000 Novels and Backbeard) (Novel)
 2007 – Nominee for Noma Literary New Face Prize: Gray-Colored Diet Coke (Novel)

Bibliography

Kagami family series
Novels
 (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2001)
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 (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2005)
 (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2009)
Short story collection
 (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2013)
 (2004)
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Standalone novels
Some of these books are not novels but collections of linked short stories.
 (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2002)
 (Shinchosha, Tokyo, 2007)
 (Kodansha, Tokyo, 2007)
Chapter 1:"Gray-Colored Diet Coke"
Chapter 2:"Red-Colored Moscow Mule"
Chapter 3:"Black-Colored Pocari Sweat"
Chapter 4:"Rainbow-Colored Diet Coke with Lemon"
 (Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2007)
 (Shinchosha, Tokyo, 2009)
 (Shinchosha, Tokyo, 2010)
 (Seikaisha, Tokyo, 2012)
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, (Seikaisha, Tokyo, 2015)

Short story collection
 (Shinchosha, Tokyo, 2005)

Film adaptations
 Dendera (2011) directed by Daisuke Tengan, the son of Shohei Imamura

References

External links
 J'Lit | Authors : Yuya Sato | Books from Japan

21st-century Japanese novelists
Japanese male short story writers
Japanese mystery writers
Japanese crime fiction writers
Yukio Mishima Prize winners
Living people
1980 births
People from Chitose, Hokkaido
Writers from Hokkaido
21st-century Japanese short story writers
21st-century male writers


MGM Group of Companies (abbreviation M. G. Muthu Group) is a diversified conglomerate Group of Companies headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

History
Manuel Gnana Muthu, the founder of the company, was born into a Christian family belonging to the Nadar caste . Without much education, Manuel Gnana Muthu began working as a coolie in the Madras docks. He went on to found the large group of companies with interests in logistics, distilleries, Hospitality, theme park and trading.

Business sectors

Distilleries
MGM owns Southern Agrifurane Industries in Tamil Nadu and Kamal Wineries in Andhra Pradesh. It is a 2500 crore company producing MGM Vodka, Gold Crown and Classic Fine whisky and a dozen other Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) brands. It has a smaller Indian market with a monthly sale of 900 lakh cases. The company has a stronger vodka market in Tamil Nadu and has expanded it to neighboring Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. A. K. M. A. Shamsuddin is the managing director of the company who has earlier worked in Shaw Wallace.

Logistics
Runs a logistics company, which has grown out from owning a truck, which was one of Manuel Gnana Muthu's first business investments.

Theme park
MGM Dizzee World is an amusement park located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in East Coast Road. It is one of the most visited theme parks in the city. The park has log flume, giant wheel, spider spin, roller coaster, the funny mountain, dashing cars, super trooper, a water world and it also hosts special seasonal shows.
MGM Selvee World is the group's other theme park located at Visakhapatnam.

Marrybrown
MGM is the master Indian franchisee of Malaysian fast food chain, Marrybrown for Southern region of India, which in turn franchises its Indian operations to smaller franchisees. The first Marrybrown outlet was opened in Chennai in 1999. In year 2004, it had 12 outlets in India and has expanded to 16 in 2007, 12 in Chennai, one each in Coimbatore, Salem, Kochi and Bangalore. In 2010, MGM opened a Marrybrown outlet in Trichy. MGM is expanding the number to 100. It provides training, marketing and raw material support to the franchisees and also helps maintain quality and ambience in the fast food outlets. Of its 16 outlets, the company owns 10 and the rest are sub-franchised.

Hospitality
The group has close to 50 hotels across Portugal, Spain, France, Cuba, Kenya, England, Scotland and India. MGM Muthu Hotels has 7 all-inclusive beach-front Hotels in Portugal and 8 in Cuba.

References

External links

Companies based in Chennai
1963 establishments in Madras State
Indian companies established in 1963
Conglomerate companies established in 1963


Nimasia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Nimasia brachyura, is found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman. Both the genus and species were first described by Wiltshire in 1982.

References

Calpinae
Monotypic moth genera


Niphonyx is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Shigero Sugi in 1982. Its only species, Niphonyx segregata, the hops angleshade, was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is endemic to eastern Asia, including the Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, China and Taiwan. It was introduced to the north-eastern United States in the 1990s and is found from Connecticut south to at least Delaware.

The wingspan is 25–30 mm. There are two generations per year in North America.

The larvae feed on hop species.

References

External links

Hadeninae
Moths of Japan
Monotypic moth genera


Nocloa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by John Bernhardt Smith in 1906.

Species
Nocloa alcandra (H. Druce, 1890) Mexico
Nocloa aliaga (Barnes, 1905) Arizona, New Mexico
Nocloa beata Dyar, 1918 Mexico
Nocloa cordova (Barnes, 1907) Arizona
Nocloa duplicatus (J. B. Smith, 1891) Colorado
Nocloa ezeha Dyar, 1914 Mexico
Nocloa lamiota Dyar, 1918 Mexico
Nocloa nanata (Neumoegen, 1884) New Mexico
Nocloa pallens (Tepper, 1883) California
Nocloa periodita Dyar, 1913 Mexico
Nocloa pilacho (Barnes, 1904) Arizona
Nocloa plagiata J. B. Smith, 1906 Arizona
Nocloa rivulosa J. B. Smith, 1906 Arizona, California

References

Hadeninae


Nocthadena is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Noctubourgognea is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Selected species
Noctubourgognea bicolor (Mabille, 1885)
Noctubourgognea coppingeri (Butler, 1881)
Noctubourgognea glottuloides (Butler, 1882)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Noctuinae


Noctuites is a genus of extinct moths in the Noctuoidea superfamily. This genus was originally designated to accommodate noctuids of uncertain association. Most noctuoid fossils are incomplete, making them hard to place in a modern phylogeny of Noctuoidea. For this reason the genus has not been assigned to a family.

Species
†Noctuites caucasicus Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
†Noctuites deperditus Heer, 1856, described from Aix-en-Provence in France and dated to the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene boundary.
†Noctuites effosus Heer, 1849 (= Noctuites effossus Handlirsch, 1908), described from Croatia and dated to the Early Miocene.
†Noctuites gersdorfi Kernbach, 1967, described from Germany and dated to the Late Pliocene.
†Noctuites haidingeri Heer, 1849, described from Croatia and dated to the Early Miocene.
†Noctuites incertissimus Oustalet, 1870, described from France and dated to the Late Oligocene.
†Noctuites kaspievi Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
†Noctuites kozhantshikovi Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
†Noctuites kusnezovi Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
†Noctuites maximus Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
†Noctuites miocenicus (Kozhanchikov, 1957) (described as Xyleutites miocenicus), described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
†Noctuites radobojana Kozlov, 1988, described from Croatia and dated to the Early Miocene.
†Noctuites stavropolicus Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.

Unnamed fossils
A further three unnamed fossil species have been assigned to this genus:
Undescribed species Hope, 1836 (originally referred to Noctua)
Undescribed species Kozlov, 1988, from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
Undescribed species Lomnicki, 1894 (originally referred to Noctua), from Ukraine and dated to the Pleistocene.

References
Sohn, J.-C. et al. 2012: An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world. Zootaxa, 3286: 1-132

Fossil Lepidoptera
†
Miocene insects
Prehistoric insects of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 1849


Noctulizeria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Noctuinae


Rossmore () is a small village and townland in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Clonoulty, barony of Kilnamanagh Lower. It is located in the electoral division (ED) of Clonoulty West. It is also half of the Clonoulty and Rossmore parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.

Geographic location
Rossmore is administered by Tipperary County Council, and lies within the boundaries of Tipperary constituency for the purposes of Irish general elections.

Rossmore is almost equidistant from the three nearest towns. Cashel is 12 kilometres south-east, Thurles is 13 kilometres north-east, and Tipperary Town is 14 kilometres south-west. The nearest railway station is Thurles railway station, which has frequent and direct connections to Ireland's three largest cities: Dublin, Cork, and Limerick.

Rossmore may also refer to a slightly larger area which forms one half of the Clonoulty–Rossmore GAA club.
The usage of the term Rossmore in these instances encompasses a number of other townlands including Rossmore itself, plus Glenough, Turraheen, Knockbawn, Toragh, Doorish, Westonslot, Gorteenamoe, Drum, Drumwood, Tooreen, Coolanga, Clunedarby, Brockagh, Park, and Stouke.

Local facilities
The village consists of a national school, a post office, a racquetball alley, silent orchard airsoft site, a Roman Catholic church, and a pub. Rossmore National School is a primary school which has subsumed two other schools in close proximity to it over the past three decades - Glenough National School, and Turraheen National School. The majority of children from the Rossmore area travel to Thurles or Cashel for second-level education. Bus services bring pupils to secondary schools in these towns.

Rossmore is primarily an agricultural area, with numerous dairy and beef farms. The Multeen River, a tributary of the River Suir flows by the village, passing beside Rossmore Community Hall, and continuing downstream under Rossmore Bridge.

The most popular team sport in the area is hurling, with hurlers from Rossmore having represented the Tipperary GAA hurling team at all age grades.

References

Parishes of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly
Towns and villages in County Tipperary
Townlands of County Tipperary
Kilnamanagh Lower


Nodaria is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854.

Description
Palpi with second joint reaching above vertex of head. Third joint with a tuft of hair on inner side, usually in the males only. Antennae of males with long bristles and cilia. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings with rectangular apex. The outer margin rounded. Veins 7 to 10 stalked, often with a minute areole at their base. Hindwings with veins 3,4 and 6,7 from angles of cell or on short stalks. Vein 5 from near middle of discocellulars.

Species

Nodaria adra Swinhoe, 1918
Nodaria angulata Wileman & West, 1930
Nodaria arcuata Wileman & West, 1930
Nodaria assimilata Wileman, 1911
Nodaria cidarioides Hampson, 1891
Nodaria cinerea de Joannis, 1929
Nodaria cingala Moore, 1885
Nodaria cornicalis Fabricius, 1794
Nodaria dentilineata Draeseke, 1928
Nodaria dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1908
Nodaria discisigna Moore, 1883
Nodaria discolor Wileman & West, 1930
Nodaria dubiefae Viette, 1982
Nodaria epiplemoides Strand, 1920
Nodaria factitia Swinhoe, 1890
Nodaria flavicosta de Joannis, 1929
Nodaria flavifusca Hampson
Nodaria formosana Strand, 1919
Nodaria grisea Hampson, 1916
Nodaria insipidalis Wileman, 1915
Nodaria lophobela D. S. Fletcher, 1961
Nodaria melaleuca Hampson, 1902
Nodaria melanopa Bethune-Baker, 1911
Nodaria niphona Butler, 1878
Nodaria nodosalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Nodaria pacifica Hampson
Nodaria papuana Hampson
Nodaria parallela Bethune-Baker, 1911
Nodaria parallela Wileman, 1911
Nodaria praetextata Leech, 1900
Nodaria similis Moore, 1882
Nodaria stellaris Butler
Nodaria terminalis Wileman, 1915
Nodaria tristis Butler, 1879
Nodaria tristis Hampson, 1891
Nodaria turpalis Mabille, 1900
Nodaria unicolor Wileman & South, 1917
Nodaria unipuncta Wileman, 1915
Nodaria verticalis D. S. Fletcher, 1961

References

 Guenée (1854). in Boisduval & Guenée. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes
 Herrich-Schäffer (1851). Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa 385, pl. 118, fig. 605.

Herminiinae
Moth genera


Nolaphana is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Nolasena is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Nolasena ferrifervens, is found in India, Sri Lanka, Borneo and the Philippines. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1858.

Description
Palpi porrect (extending forward), where the second joint fringed with hair above, and third acute at apex. Antennae minutely ciliated. Forewings with slightly acute apex. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form an areole.

The species' wingspan is 18–21 mm. Forewings are olive coloured. There are two broad and colourful oblique bands. Both bands running from the costa to the inner margin. Costal dots near the apex are white. Forewings with double, oblique, dark antemedial fasciae. Postmedial fascia more irregular, white edged, and dark coloured. Head broad, olive brown and covered with smooth scales. Labial palps long, porrect and pale beige or pale olive brown. Thorax and abdomen olive brown and are stout and short. Legs pale beige or pale yellowish grey. Hindwings are dark greyish brown.

References

Calpinae
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1857


Nolasodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Nonagria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.

Description
Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The proboscis is thin. Palpi obliquely porrect (extending forward), where the second joint evenly scaled and third joint prominent. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Tibia spineless. Wings with non-crenulate cilia. Forewings with the acute apex. Hindwings with stalked veins 6 and 7 or from cell.

Species
 Nonagria fumea (Hampson, 1902)
 Nonagria grisescens (Hampson, 1910)
 Nonagria intestata Walker, 1856
 Nonagria leucaneura (Hampson, 1910)
 Nonagria lineosa Maassen, 1890
 Nonagria monilis Maassen, 1890
 Nonagria puengeleri (Schawerda, 1924)
 Nonagria typhae (Thunberg, 1784)

References

Hadeninae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer


The northern grizzled skipper (Pyrgus centaureae) is a Holarctic species of skipper butterfly (family Hesperiidae) with a range in North America from the subarctic to the north, New Mexico to the south, and the Appalachian Mountains to the east.In the Palearctic the species which was described from Norway is distributed across Scandinavia and the northern part of European Russia across the Urals through northern Asia to the Altai.

Description
While generally similar to most other Pyrgus species, this species has a greyer brown background colour with bold white spots on both the forewing and hindwing. Unlike most other Pyrgus species, the veins on the underside are obviously lined white. Wingspan is 25 to 33 mm. Seitz describes it- H. centaureae Rambur. (86 a) large, dark, with very distinct white dots and spots. Underside of hindwing dark brown or blackish with a greenish tint. The brown band which forms the outer border of the white band, bears spots and forms the inner border of a white terminal band, which  appears divided by a row of strong brown dots so that there are two white bands beyond the median  band. Scandinavia, Finland, the Altai; also in North America; in June and July.

Biology
It occurs in the northern taiga, forest tundra and southern shrub tundra.
One generation is produced per year in its southern range from March to May. Two years are required for each brood in the subarctic. Larval food plants include cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus),  wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana),  dwarf cinquefoil (Potentilla canadensis), and varileaf cinquefoil (Potentilla diversifolia).

Subspecies
Pyrgus centaureae centaureae
Pyrgus centaureae freija (Warren, 1924) (Canada)
Pyrgus centaureae wyandot (Edwards, 1863)
Pyrgus centaureae loki Evans, 1953 (Colorado)

Etymology
Named in the Classical tradition a Centaur is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.

References

Whalley, Paul - Mitchell Beazley Guide to Butterflies (1981, reprinted 1992)

External links
Lepiforum.de

Pyrgus
Butterflies described in 1839
Butterflies of Europe


Notioplusia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Notioplusia illustrata Guenée, 1852

References
 Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
 Notioplusia at funet.fi

Plusiinae


Nubiothis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It is not widely accepted.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Heliothinae


Nudifrons is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Cuculliinae


Numeniastes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Nychioptera is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by John G. Franclemont in 1966.

Species
 Nychioptera accola Franclemont, 1966
 Nychioptera noctuidalis Dyar, 1907
 Nychioptera opada Franclemont, 1966

References

Boletobiinae
Noctuoidea genera


Nyctennomos is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926. All species of this genus are known from Madagascar.

Species in this genus are:
Nyctennomos ambitsha Viette, 1976
Nyctennomos catalai (Viette, 1954)
Nyctennomos decaryi (Viette, 1954)
Nyctennomos descarpentriesi (Viette, 1954)
Nyctennomos peratosema Hampson, 1926
Nyctennomos subpurpurascens (Viette, 1954)
Nyctennomos ungulata Berio, 1956

References

Calpinae


Nyctipolia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Nyctipolia incondita, is found in French Guiana. Both the genus and species were first described by Schaus in 1916.

References

Herminiinae
Monotypic moth genera


HE Major General Qassem Pasha Al-Nasser (1925–2007) () was a Jordanian officer who participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He was part of many battles, such as: Latrun, Bab El-wad, and Misherem, amongst others.

Early life
Qasem Al-Nasser was born in April 1925 in Idoun, a village in Irbid to the North of Amman in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Formerly 1921–1946 the Emirate of Transjordan). His Father, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mahmoud Al-Abdullah Al-Nasser Khasawneh, served as the Vice General Director of the Agricultural Credit Corporation.
Major-General Al-Nasser had his primary and secondary education in Amman. Abdelmunim al-Rifai (former Prime Minister of Jordan 1969–1970) and Fawzi al-Mulki (former Prime Minister of Jordan 1953–1954) were amongst his teachers at that time. However, Al-Nasser got his higher degree from the Secondary school of Irbid in 1943. The same year, on 22 September, he was commissioned into the Jordanian Armed Forces (formerly known as the 'Arab Army').

1948 Palestine War
During the war in Palestine he was on top of a four-story wall. He was shot off the wall by an artillery shell, crushed his ribs and survived. Another thing that happened was he was shot and got up, covered the wound with his shirt and walked to the hospital. Qasem Al-Nasser participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He was one from amongst the Jordanian Officers who were loyal to their country. This background was behind his courageous participation in the events of this war. He was part of many battles, such as: Latrun, Bab El-wad, and Misherem, amongst others. During these battles, he had a serious injury in his head, and despite the pain, he wrapped the scarf—which was part of the Jordanian military uniform—and managed to walk to a close hospital where he got medical treatment. He also provided military training to Palestinian Commandos troops in many of the Palestinian cities.

Dismissal of British officers
Jordanian Officers were devoted to serving their country, and thus were unhappy with the presence of British Officers in all leading positions of the Jordanian Armed Forces. Thus, they formed the "Jordanian Free Officers Movement" which aimed to end the British officers presence, and the cancellation of the Jordanian-British Treaty. The Free Officers Movement elected Shaher Abu-Shahout as president and Qassem Al-Nasser as vice-president.
The Movement included many Jordanian officers, including, but are not limited to: Shaher Abu-Shahout, Ali Abu-Nawar, said al sabeh, Mahmoud Al-Maaita, Tourki Al-Hindawi, Ali Al-Hiari, Sharif Zaid Ibn Shaker (later Prince), Natheer Rasheed, Dhafi Al-Jam’ani. The Movement got in contact with late King Hussein bin Talal, informing him with the aims and purposes which the Movement aimed to achieve, and were accepted and blessed by the King. This national effort resulted on 1 March 1956 with courageous declaration by the King to dismiss Lieutenant General John Bagot Glubb, the British commander of the Jordanian Armed Forces. King Hussein issued his instructions to members of the Free Officers Movement to enforce the Royal decree.

Exile and imprisonment

After the Free Officers Movement achieved its goals, the US and UK felt that their interests in Jordan were affected adversely by this Movement and sought to get rid of its members. Both countries managed to convince King Hussein with the allusion that the Movement is planning to overthrow and to unseat the king by means of a revolution similar to what had happened in Egypt in 1952. Consequently, orders to arrest the members of the Movement were issued in 1957. However, since the members of the Movement were in control of all parts of the Army, they were informed with the arrest orders and part of them managed to leave directly to Syria, from amongst of them were: Qassem Al-Nasser, Mahmoud Al-Mousa, Natheer Rasheed, Issam Al-Jundi, and Kamal Al-Hiari, amongst others. While others were imprisoned in the Al-Jafer prison which is located in the desert  to the south of the capital Amman, from amongst of them were: Shaher Abu-Shahout, Mahmoud Al-Maaita, Tourki Al-Hindawi, Dhafi Al-Jam’ani, Ahmad Za’rour, Shawkat Al-Sboul, Abdullah Ga’ed, and Jaffar Al-Shami, amongst others.
A private military court issued its decision, and Qassem Al-Nasser was convicted and was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment, and since he was away of Jordan, the decree was strengthened to execution. Al-Nasser lived in the exile for more than four years, during this period, his family were prevented from leaving Jordan to visit him in Syria, so he was secretly sneaking to Jordan to visit his parents. In one of these visits, he got arrested in the house of Hajem Al-Hindawi (one of Al-Nasser's relatives), and sent directly to the prison of the Jordanian Intelligence where he remained under arrest for sixteen months and thirteen days in the same cell with the Palestinian leader Bahjat Abu Gharbieh,
and was discharged due to a Royal amnesty issued in 1962.

Release and later life
Qassem Al-Nasser was left without his Jordanian nationality which was withdrawn after the accusations of the revolution plan. It was not until the General Director of the Civil Affairs Directorate returned the nationality to the members of the Free Officers Movement saying that if you were not Jordanians, who would be.
Afterwards, Al-Nasser worked in the Council of Construction for a couple of years, before the Director General of the Public Security Directorate Major General Sharif Mohammad Hashem asked Qassem Al-Nasser to return to the Army. Prime Minister Wasfi al-Tal managed to return Al-Nasser to the Public Security Directorate, where he became the deputy Director General of the Public Security Directorate. Thereafter, King Hussein issued his Royal decree appointing Qassem Al-Nasser as the Director General of the Civil Defence Directorate with the rank of Major General.
 He continued in this post until his retirement from military services, he then refused further posts considering that it was about time to deal with his own business.

Death
Major General Qassem Pasha Al-Nasser died on 4 October 2007 at the age of 82. A prestigious formal and public funeral ceremony was held, with the representative of HM King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein and members of the Jordanian people.
 Major General Al-Nasser has six sons and 4 daughters: Sami, Mahmoud, Sameh (he has two wives), Kamal, Jamal, Mohammad Amin, Rania, Rula, Maha and Lamya, and three brothers: Dr. Adnan, Brigadier General Adel, and Professor Marwan. Throughout his life, he worked for the issues of his people and country, and devoted himself and the whole of his life to the benefit of Jordan and the Arab world.

Resources

1925 births
2007 deaths
Jordanian generals
People from Amman
People from Irbid Governorate
Jordanian people of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War


Nyctodryas is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Nyctycia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Nyctycia pectinata Draudt, 1950
 Nyctycia persimilis (Hampson, 1894)
 Nyctycia plagiogramma Hampson, 1906

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Nyctycia at funet

Cuculliinae


Nyctyciomorpha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Cuculliinae


Nyeanella is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Noctuidae


Nymbis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
Nymbis aequa Draudt, 1940
Nymbis fuscilineata Kaye, 1901
Nymbis iniqua Guenée, 1852 (syn: Nymbis basilinea (Walker, 1869), Nymbis coactilis (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874), Nymbis optabilis (Walker, 1858), Nymbis textilis (Guenée, 1852))
Nymbis prolixa (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1874)
Nymbis succrassata Dyar, 1921

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Catocalinae
Moth genera


Nyodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Bernard Laporte in 1970. Most species occur in Africa.

Some species of this genus are:
Nyodes acatharta Hampson, 1913
Nyodes argentea (Berio, 1970)
Nyodes auriferoides Laporte, 1972
Nyodes aurora Laporte, 1972
Nyodes bafouti Laporte, 1972
Nyodes barlowi Laporte, 1972
Nyodes barnsi (A. E. Prout, 1921)
Nyodes basilewskyi Laporte, 1972
Nyodes bergeri Laporte, 1973
Nyodes bernardii Laporte, 1970
Nyodes biardi Laporte, 1984
Nyodes brevicornis (Walker, 1857)
Nyodes bryodes (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
Nyodes callichlora (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
Nyodes chlorobapta (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
Nyodes dargei Laporte, 1972
Nyodes diffusa Laporte, 1973
Nyodes dufayi Laporte, 1970
Nyodes fletcheri Laporte, 1970
Nyodes gabonensis Laporte, 1970
Nyodes gazelli Laporte, 1973
Nyodes hecqui Laporte, 1972
Nyodes herbuloti Laporte, 1973
Nyodes isabellae Laporte, 1971
Nyodes jucunda Laporte, 1973
Nyodes kilimandjaronis Laporte, 1979
Nyodes lemairei Laporte, 1972
Nyodes lowai Laporte, 1973
Nyodes lutescens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Nyodes makokoui Laporte, 1970
Nyodes marginata Laporte, 1977
Nyodes mariae Laporte, 1972
Nyodes marmorata (Berio, 1970)
Nyodes mochlosema (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
Nyodes nigriodes Laporte, 1977
Nyodes njombei Laporte, 1972
Nyodes ochrargyra (Mabille, 1900)
Nyodes panconita (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
Nyodes paulis Laporte, 1973
Nyodes pelletieri Laporte, 1971
Nyodes petersi Laporte, 1971
Nyodes prasinodes (A. E. Prout, 1921)
Nyodes punctata (Gaede, 1934)
Nyodes punctatoides Laporte, 1973
Nyodes punctifera Laporte, 1973
Nyodes rufifusa (Hampson, 1918)
Nyodes rufifusoides Laporte, 1973
Nyodes sandersi Laporte, 1972
Nyodes semliki Laporte, 1971
Nyodes sophiae Laporte, 1970
Nyodes steeli Laporte, 1971
Nyodes subfuscata (Berio, 1970)
Nyodes sublutescens Laporte, 1972
Nyodes subnigra Laporte, 1973
Nyodes succincta Berio, 1973
Nyodes suppurifera (Berio, 1970)
Nyodes tamsi Laporte, 1973
Nyodes thomae (A. E. Prout, 1927)
Nyodes toucheti Laporte, 1973
Nyodes viettei Laporte, 1970
Nyodes vigrinis Laporte, 1970
Nyodes virescens (Butler, 1879)
Nyodes viridirufa (Hampson, 1918)
Nyodes vitanvali Laporte, 1970

References

Hadeninae


Nyssocnemis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Nyssocnemis eversmanni (Lederer, 1853)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Nyssocnemis at funet

Noctuinae


Nytorga is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


William Ayerst Ingram or W. Ayerst Ingram RBA (27 April 1855 Twickenham, Surrey – 20 March 1913 Falmouth, Cornwall) was a painter and member of the Newlyn School. He did notable Landscape art and Marine art. In 1906 he joined the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and in 1907 he joined the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.

Personal life and education
William Ayerst Ingram was born on 27 April 1855 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. His father, Rev G. S. Ingram, was born in Glasgow, Scotland  and served as the minister of Twickenham Congregational Church 1854-1864 and Vineyard Congregational Church, Richmond, Surrey 1864-1888.
Ingram was the third son born to Reverend G.S. Ingram and his mother. It was first accepted that William would become a businessman, so it was later in his life that he began exploring artistic pursuits by studying with A.W. Weedon and John Steeple.

In 1882 Ingram moved to the Cornwall town of Falmouth. He married May Martha Fay, an American, by 1896. The couple lived in Tregurrian in Falmouth in 1911. Ingram died on 20 March 1913 in Falmouth.

Career
He set up a studio in Chelsea, London. The same year he also founded the Anglo-Australian Society and was established as its President. By this time Ingram had well-travelled, including travels to Australia, according to a fellow artist and friend, George Percy Jacomb-Hood. He became the Royal British Colonial Society of Artists' President in 1888.

Having moved to Cornwall in 1882, Ingram established friendships with people from the Newlyn School, including Laura and Harold Knight.

In 1894 Ingram and two good friends Jack Downing and Henry Scott Tuke established the Falmouth Art Gallery. From 1902 to 1904 Ingram was the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society's Vice-President in Falmouth. His works for 1893 A P. & O. Voyage and 1902 Waters of the Old and New Worlds exhibits reflected his world-wide travel experiences. A Saturday Review of A P. & O. Voyage stated that Ingram was adroit at capturing the "convexity" of the sea waves, but fell short in capturing the reality of some of the scenes, such as of the Australian coast, which "for the most part is incredibly monotonous both in colour and scenery..."

Works
Ingram's works included outdoor scenes, such as seascapes and landscapes, generally in oil and watercolour. A partial list of Ingram's work is:

 A Highland Landscape With Figures Near A Loch, watercolour
 A Noontime Rest, watercolour
 A Sailing Ship at Sea, watercolour
 A Snow Covered Forest, watercolour
 A Tidal Harbour, oil
 An English Two Mast Top Sail Schooner Off Falmouth, watercolour
 At Anchor, oil
 Cockle Gatherers, watercolour
 Falmouth, watercolour
 Falmouth Bay, bodycolour and watercolour
 Falmouth Harbour, watercolour
 Falmouth Town from the Water
 Fishing boat in the Hayle estuary
 HM Training Ship 'Ganges' Uploading Grain – Falmouth
 Holyloch Argyllshire, oil
 Horse And Cart On Beach
 Loch Ranua Castle, oil
 Moored Alongside in a River Estuary, watercolour
 Morphets
 Mussel gathering at Low Tide
 Newlyn Harbour, 1884
 Restronguet Point and Feock
 Sailing Boats In A Choppy Sea, watercolour
 Sailing Boats Off The Cornish Coast, watercolour
 Sailing Ship At Sea
 Sailing Ship at Sea with Ghost Freighter, oil
 Seascape With Sailing Vessel In Foreground, watercolour
 Ship At First Light, oil
 Ship of the Line under Tow
 Shipping
 Ships at Sea, watercolour
 Still Life With Ducks, A Basket Of Fruit And A Pot On A Ledge
 The End of the Voyage, 1894, oil
 The First Flood, oil
 The Harbour Under the Hill, 1880, pencil and watercolor
 The Home Port, Falmouth, 1912
 The Return of the Herring Boats, watercolour
 The Rising Moon, oil
 The Seaweed Gatherer, watercolour
 The Wreck, watercolour
 Trawler Becalmed Off Torquay, watercolour
 Trawlers at Tenby, 1889
 Whitby, watercolour
 Yachts Becalmed, watercolour

His works, which have been compared to those of the painter Henry Moore and are in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia; Public Galleries in Otago, New Zealand and Bendigo, Victoria and the Guildhall Art Gallery, London.

Memberships
Ingram was a member and Vice-President or President of some of the following organisations:

 Anglo-Australian Society – Founder and President
 Royal British Colonial Society of Artists – 1888 President
 Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth (RCPS) – 1901–03, Vice-President 1902–04
 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours – 1907
 Royal Institute of Oil Painters – 1906
 Royal Society of British Artists
 Royal Society of Painter-Etchers

Exhibitions
Ingram exhibited at Dowdeswells, Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Whitechapel, NWS in 1886 and the Fine Art Society in 1888 and 1902.

Gallery

Notes

References

Further reading
 Harold Begbie. The life of General William Booth: the founder of the Salvation army. The Macmillan company; 1920. p. 303. Note: Sweet story of William Ayerst and his wife being moved by a Salvation Army worker when they lived in Falmouth.
 Charles Holme; Guy Eglinton; Peyton Boswell. International Studio. New York Offices of the International Studio; 1900. p. 271. Note: description of one of his works.
 Cornwall Polytechnic Society. Annual report. 1905.
 George Percy Jacomb Hood. With Brush and Pencil. J. Murray; 1925.

External links

 William Ayerst Ingram, images of works
 Falmouth Art Gallery holds seven of Ingram's works, two of which are included in the exhibition "Hemy and friends" 24/11/2012 to 2/2/2013 The seven paintings are online at .

19th-century English painters
English male painters
20th-century English painters
People from Twickenham
Newlyn School of Artists
1855 births
1913 deaths
20th-century English male artists
19th-century English male artists


Fred Goldstein was a leader of an American Workers World Party. He was a member of the Secretariat, a six-member leading body of Workers World Party. He was a contributing editor of Workers World, and frequently writes economic analysis for the paper. Goldstein is the author of the book Low Wage Capitalism: Colossus With Feet of Clay, recently published by World View Forum.

References

External links
 Book Website
 Low Wage Capitalism Blog
 Workers World Newspaper
 Video Series:The Capitalist Economic Crisis and the Fight Back: A Revolutionary Marxist View

Workers World Party politicians
Living people
American Marxists
American communists
1938 births


Obana is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1862.

Taxonomy
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Butterflies and Moths of the World put this genus in the family Noctuidae.

Species
Obana berioi (Hacker, Fiebig & Stadie, 2019) Ethiopia
Obana biformis (Hacker, Fiebig & Stadie, 2019) Madagascar
Obana cerynoides (Hacker, 2019) Gabon
Obana dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea
Obana fascicola (Hacker, 2019) Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Obana fatua (Viette, 1962) Madagascar
Obana festiva (Viette, 1962) Madagascar
Obana gloriosa (Viette, 1956) Madagascar
Obana plagiostola (Hampson, 1896) Bhutan
Obana pusillana (Hacker, Fiebig & Stadie, 2019) Madagascar
Obana rufiplaga (Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea
Obana solomonensis Warren, 1913 Solomons
Obana vagipennata Walker, 1862 Borneo, New Guinea, Queensland
Obana viettei (Berio, 1954) Madagascar, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa
Obana viridicincta (Viette, 1956) Madagascar

References

Acontiinae
Moth genera


Obarza is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Obarza zernyi, is found in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Both the genus and species were first described by Emilio Berio, the genus in 1950 and the species 10 years earlier in 1940.

References

Acontiinae
Monotypic moth genera


Obrima is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1856.

Species
 Obrima pyraloides Walker, 1856
 Obrima rinconada Schaus, 1894

References

Eulepidotinae
Moth genera


Obroatis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.

Species
Obroatis chloropis Hampson, 1926
Obroatis columba Butler, 1879
Obroatis curvilineata Dognin, 1912
Obroatis distincta Butler, 1879
Obroatis ellops Guenée, 1852
Obroatis gatena Schaus, 1912
Obroatis humeralis Walker, 1858
Obroatis licentiata Dognin, 1914
Obroatis negata Walker, 1858
Obroatis nigriscripta Dognin, 1912
Obroatis ocellata Butler, 1879
Obroatis reniplaga Schaus, 1912
Obroatis rhodocraspis Hampson, 1924
Obroatis rivularis Butler, 1879
Obroatis rufa Schaus, 1904
Obroatis signata Butler, 1879
Obroatis vinea Schaus, 1911

References

Calpinae


Ocalaria is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Schaus in 1906.

Species
Ocalaria cohabita Kitching, 1988 Panama
Ocalaria dioptica (Walker, 1865) Brazil (Amazonas), Bolivia, French Guiana
Ocalaria guarana Schaus, 1906 Brazil (São Paulo)
Ocalaria oculata (Druce, 1898) Guatemala
Ocalaria pavina Schaus, 1916 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Ocalaria pavo Schaus, 1913 Costa Rica
Ocalaria quadriocellata (Walker, 1865) Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

References

Calpinae


Ochrocalama is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Ochropleura is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.

Species
 Ochropleura carthalina (Christoph, 1893)
 Ochropleura clarivena (Püngeler, 1900)
 Ochropleura costalis Moore, 1867
 Ochropleura creatochroa Krüger, 2005
 Ochropleura danilevskyi Shchetkin, 1965
 Ochropleura debtera Laporte, 1977
 Ochropleura distriata Krüger, 2005
 Ochropleura draesekei (Corti, 1928)
 Ochropleura elbursica (Draudt, 1937)
 Ochropleura elevata Viette, 1958
 Ochropleura gaedei Berio, 1972
 Ochropleura geochroides Boursin, 1948
 Ochropleura ignota Swinhoe, 1889 (possibly a synonym for Ochropleura plecta)
 Ochropleura implecta Lafontaine, 1998
 Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831)
 Ochropleura marojejy Viette, 1961
 Ochropleura megaplecta (de Joannis, 1932)
 Ochropleura mentaxys Berio, 1972
 Ochropleura ngariensis Chen, 1982
 Ochropleura nivisparsa (Butler, 1889)
 Ochropleura plecta Linnaeus, 1761 – flame shoulder
 Ochropleura portieri Viette, 1967
 Ochropleura pseudogaster Berio, 1974
 Ochropleura reductistriga Krüger, 2005
 Ochropleura rufulana Laporte, 1973
 Ochropleura senescens (Berio, 1962)
 Ochropleura sidamona Laporte, 1977
 Ochropleura spinosoides Poole, 1989
 Ochropleura subplumbea (Staudinger, 1895)
 Ochropleura vicaria Walker, 1857
 Ochropleura vietteana Plante, 1979
 Ochropleura viettei D. S. Fletcher, 1961

References

Noctuinae


Courtney John Lyndhurst Jones,  (born 30 April 1933) is a British former ice dancer. With partner June Markham, he was the 1957 and 1958 World champion and European champion. With partner Doreen Denny, he is the 1959 and 1960 World champion and 1959–61 European champion.

Jones and Peri Horne created the Starlight Waltz and the Silver Samba compulsory dances. He was awarded the OBE in 1980 for services to ice skating.

He is a member of the International Skating Union Council and is a former president of the National Ice Skating Association. He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1986.

Results
(with June Markham)

(with Doreen Denny)

References

British male ice dancers
1933 births
Living people
Figure skating officials
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
World Figure Skating Championships medalists
European Figure Skating Championships medalists


Ochrotrigona is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.

Species
Ochrotrigona triangulifera (Hampson, 1895) Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia
Ochrotrigona praetextata (Hering, 1903) Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia

References

Calpinae


Odice is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.

Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Eublemminae of Erebidae or the subfamily Eustrotiinae of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Odice arcuinna Hübner, 1790
 Odice blandula Rambur, 1858
 Odice jucunda Hübner, [1813] – delightful marbled moth
 Odice pergrata Rambur, 1858
 Odice suava Hübner, [1813]

References

Boletobiinae
Noctuoidea genera


Odontelia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Selected species
Odontelia daphnadeparisae Kravchenko, Ronkay, Speidel, Mooser & Müller, 2007

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Odontestra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Odontestra albivitta Hampson, 1905
 Odontestra altidudinis Laporte, 1973
 Odontestra atuntseana Draudt, 1950
 Odontestra avitta Fawcett, 1917
 Odontestra balachowskyi Laporte, 1974
 Odontestra conformis Hampson, 1918
 Odontestra ferox Berio, 1973
 Odontestra goniosema Hampson, 1913
 Odontestra malgassica Viette, 1969
 Odontestra potanini (Alphéraky, 1895)
 Odontestra pseudosubgothica Berio, 1964
 Odontestra richinii Berio, 1940
 Odontestra roseomarginata Draudt, 1950
 Odontestra simillima (Moore, 181)
 Odontestra submarginalis (Walker, 1869)
 Odontestra unguiculata Berio, 1964
 Odontestra variegata Berio, 1940
 Odontestra vitta Berio, 1974
 Odontestra vittigera (Hampson, 1902)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Odontestra at funet

Hadeninae


Odontodes  is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae.

Description
Antennae very long and slender. Palpi slender and upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint short. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with a tuft on first segment. Forewings slightly arched towards rectangular apex. Outer angle slightly hooked and slight tufts of raised scales present.

References

Stictopterinae


Odontoretha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Oedebasis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1902.

Species
Oedebasis longipalpis (Berio, 1959)
Oedebasis mutilata (Berio, 1966)
Oedebasis ovipennis Hampson, 1902
Oedebasis regularis Viette, 1971

References

Calpinae


Oederastria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Oederastria ectorhoda, is found in Zimbabwe. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1902.

References

Endemic fauna of Zimbabwe
Acontiinae
Monotypic moth genera


Oederemia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Oediblemma is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1918.

Species
Oediblemma bjoernstadi Hacker, 2019 Tanzania
Oediblemma caligifusca Hacker, 2019 Kenya, Tanzania
Oediblemma daloana Hacker, 2019 Ivory Coast
Oediblemma ipassa Hacker, 2019 Gabon, Nigeria
Oediblemma ipassina Hacker, 2019 Gabon
Oediblemma kakuma Hacker, 2019 Ghana
Oediblemma kigoma Hacker, 2019 Tanzania
Oediblemma leptinia (Mabille, [1900]) Madagascar
Oediblemma maritima Hacker, 2019 Gabon
Oediblemma nigropuncta Hacker, 2019 Gabon
Oediblemma peregrina Hacker, Fiebig & Stadie, 2019 Ethiopia
Oediblemma poliogyra Hacker, Fiebig & Stadie, 2019 Uganda
Oediblemma trogoptera Hampson, 1918 South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

References

External links

Acontiinae


Oediconia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Noctuidae


The ice block expedition of 1959 () was a publicity stunt carried out by the Norwegian insulation material producer Glassvatt. Responding to a challenge from the radio station Radio Luxembourg, Glassvatt decided to equip a truck to bring a three-ton block of ice from Mo i Rana by the Arctic Circle, to Libreville by the Equator. There was no form of refrigeration applied, and the expedition was intended to display the efficiency of the insulating glass wool used. The truck also brought 300 kg of medicines to the hospital of Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné.

The expedition then was followed by a worldwide press corps, and crowds of spectators gathered in various European cities along the route. Crossing the Sahara, where the truck repeatedly got stuck in the sand, proved both a dangerous and laborious task. Once the truck had made it through the desert, however, and reached its final destination, it was revealed that the ice block had lost only about 11% of its original weight. When the expedition reached its goal it generated much media attention for the company. It was called "the world's greatest publicity stunt". To mark the 50th anniversary of the event in 2009, the company made the original documentary of the expedition available online. They also released a new interview with the expedition's leader Sivert Klevan, who was 84 years old at the time of the interview.

Background and preparations

In the autumn of 1958, Radio Luxembourg launched a challenge to transport three tons of ice from the Arctic Circle to the Equator. The radio station would award 100,000 francs for each kilogram (at the time, US$202.55 per kilogram; $1,487.19 or €1,120.19 per kg in 2009 currency) that remained at the destination; the only condition was that no form of refrigeration should be used. Managing director Birger Natvik at the Norwegian insulation material company Glassvatt (today Glava AS) saw the announcement and suggested that the company take on the challenge. He estimated that by isolating the ice with glass wool ("glassvatt" in Norwegian) made from glass fibre, the driver could make several million francs. Once Radio Luxembourg realised the potential loss, they retracted the offer. By this point, however, the planned expedition had received so much attention that Glassvatt decided to go through with it anyway. Among the other sponsors were Shell, who provided the fuel, and Scania, who provided the truck. Altogether, sponsors from eight countries financed the expedition, including Glassvatt's French mother company, the Saint-Gobain corporation. The French sponsors wanted a French truck to be used, but the Norwegians insisted on a Scandinavian one. The latter position won through, and a Scania-Vabis was selected for the task. The expedition's leader later admitted that a French truck probably would have been more suitable for driving in the desert. On 22 February 1959, at 9:15 am, the expedition left Mo i Rana.

Responsibility for the expedition was given to Sivert Klevan, an engineer with a good instinct for public relations. The ice was to be procured from the glacier Svartisen, and a glaciologist was brought along to give advice. It soon became clear that the entire three-ton block could not be brought out in one go. Instead, 200 kg blocks were cut out with a chainsaw, carried away on a sled, and flown by helicopter down to the town centre. There they were melted together to make a block of ice weighing 3,050 kg. The block was placed in a specially constructed iron container, which was insulated with wood and glass wool. The container was placed on top of a truck that would carry it all the way to the Equator, accompanied by a van carrying equipment and a sedan with a film crew.

Through Europe

The first stop for the expedition was Oslo. There it was greeted by a great ceremony at Studenterlunden in front of the University. The truck was loaded with  of medicines, to the value of 50,000 Norwegian krone. These medicines were to be delivered to the hospital of humanitarian Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné, near the final destination of Libreville, the capital of Gabon. From Oslo the expedition continued to Helsingborg in Sweden and Copenhagen in Denmark, where more medicines were brought along. For public relations purposes the expedition made its way through several European citiesincluding Hamburg, Cologne, The Hague and Brusselsand was received with ceremony and much attention everywhere. In Belgium a problem arose over a missing customs declaration for the ice, but this was solved when a customs official agreed to accompany the cars through the country. Klevan later received a personal apology for this inconvenience, conveyed by the Norwegian foreign minister Halvard Lange from Lange's Belgian colleague and personal friend.

In Paris the expedition was escorted by police through the streets, and the crew members were invited to dine with the mayor.  From Paris the truck continued to Marseille. There it was lifted aboard the freighter "Sidi Mabrouk", that sailed the cargo to Algiers. In Algiers a special crane had to be obtained to lift the truckweighing a total of sixteen tons, including the iceonto the shore. The container was drained at this point to see how much of the ice had melted. In spite of unusually hot European weather for the season, only  of water had been shed.

Crossing the Sahara

Crossing the Sahara was considered particularly perilous at the time because of guerilla forces hiding in the mountains during the Algerian War of Independence. The medicines carried by the truck would have been valuable loot for these groups, and for the first part of the desert the expedition was accompanied by the French Foreign Legion. The instruction the men received was "No stops, drive for your lives, even if you get a flat tire." The crossing passed without violent incidents, however, and greater problems were presented by the elements. There were no roads in the desert, and the truck was heavily loaded and not especially adapted to the conditions. Several times it got stuck in the desert sand; the crew had to place steel plates underneath for traction and spend hours digging out the sand from under the wheels. This took a great toll on the men, who had a limited supply of water, in temperatures approaching 50 °C. The crew spent most nights in oases along the way, but on occasion also slept in sleeping bags in the sand.

At one point the expedition met a tribe of Tuaregs and greeted them by offering their camels water from the container. According to the commentary in the documentary film, the camels had never tasted anything as delicious as the Norwegian glacier water. This was not entirely true; the water was contaminated by the glass wool and tar paper, and it was barely drinkable. The expedition arrived at the Hoggar Mountains near the Tropic of Cancer after fourteen days of travelling. A measurement at that point showed a loss of 96 litres of water. Once the Sahara was traversed, after  of driving, 177 litres had melted away. On average 15 litres melted each day in the desert.

Arrival and aftermath

After approximately three weeks, the expedition arrived in Lambaréné and met with Albert Schweitzer. Klevan later described the meeting with Schweitzer as the greatest moment of the entire expedition. Later, the hospital received 500 kg of Norwegian klippfisk (dried and salted cod), a particular favourite with the hospital's patients. The medicines were handed over, and the container was opened. Even though the drainage had been monitored throughout the expedition, there was still great excitement associated with seeing the result firsthand. The block of ice turned out to be almost entirely intact.

The expedition arrived at its final destination of Libreville on 21 March, after twenty-seven days. The block of ice was found to weigh 2,714 kg; it had lost only 336 kg along the way. Though it was unclear how much time the expedition would take, Klevan had initially estimated a loss of 10%; the result was approximately 11%. A French representative of the company met the crew in Libreville. A personal friend of President Charles de Gaulle, he presented an offer to drive the ice back to Paris. If the crew accepted, the President himself would have received the crew under the Arc de Triomphe. The men, however, were too exhausted at that point to contemplate such an offer. Instead, arrangement were made for the vehicles to be brought back by freight, while the crew would fly home. The ice was cut up and divided between the citizens of Libreville, for whom this was a rare commodity. Klevan, always conscious of promotional opportunities, brought a portion of the ice back home with him. This ice was subsequently used in drinks served to journalists at the première of the expedition documentary back home in Oslo.

The expedition had been an enormous success, both in accomplishing the goal it had set out to accomplish, and by generating worldwide press coverage for the company and its product. The venture was reported on as far away as India. In 1979, Oslo Marketing Association commemorated the ice block expedition with a special event titled "The world's greatest publicity stunt". To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the event in 2009, Glava AS made the original documentary of the expedition available online. They also released a newly recorded interview with Sivert Klevan, who by that time was 84 years old.

References

Further reading

External links
 The original documentary from the expedition
 2009 interview with Sivert Klevan

Public relations
1959 in Norway
Water ice
Expeditions from Norway
History of the Sahara
Publicity stunts


Oediplexia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1908.

Species
Oediplexia citrophila Berio, 1962 (from Aldabra / Seychelles)
Oediplexia mesophaea Hampson, 1908 (from Tanzania)

References

Amphipyrinae


Oenoptera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, found in Sri Lanka (by George Hampson) and French Guiana (by William Schaus).

Species
 Oenoptera acidalica Hampson 1910
 Oenoptera albimacula Hampson 1918
 Oenoptera leda Schaus 1914
 Oenoptera purpurea Hampson 1910
 Oenoptera rhea Schaus 1914

References

 "Oenoptera purpurea Hampson, 1910". Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 10: 259, fig. 73.
 Ubio search
 Schaus, William (1914). New Species of Noctuid Moths from Tropical America. Govt. Printing Office: 498.

Acontiinae


Ogdoconta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Ogdoconta altura Barnes, 1904
 Ogdoconta cinereola (Guenée, 1852)
 Ogdoconta cymographa Hampson, 1910
 Ogdoconta fergusoni Metzler & Lafontaine, 2013
 Ogdoconta gamura Schaus, 1921
 Ogdoconta justitia Dyar, 1919
 Ogdoconta lilacina (Druce, 1890)
 Ogdoconta margareta Crabo, 2015
 Ogdoconta moreno Barnes, 1907
 Ogdoconta muscula (Schaus, 1898)
 Ogdoconta plumbea Dyar, 1912
 Ogdoconta pulverulenta Schaus, 1911
 Ogdoconta pulvilinea Schaus, 1911
 Ogdoconta rufipenna Metzler, Knudson & Poole, 2013
 Ogdoconta satana Meztler, Knudson & Poole, 2013
 Ogdoconta sexta Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
 Ogdoconta tacna (Barnes, 1904)

References

 , 2013: A review of the genus Ogdoconta Butler (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Condicinae, Condicini) from North America north of Mexico with descriptions of three new species. Zookeys 264: 165–191. Abstract and full article: .

External links

Condicinae


Oglasa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1859.

Species
Oglasa annulisigna Hampson, 1926 Ghana
Oglasa ansorgei (Bethune-Baker, 1913) Angola
Oglasa apicalis (Leech, 1900) China (Zhejiang)
Oglasa arcuata (Fabricius, 1787) Sri Lanka
Oglasa aroa (Bethune-Baker, 1908) New Guinea
Oglasa atristipata Hampson, 1926 Ghana
Oglasa aulota Hampson, 1926 southern Nigeria
Oglasa auximena Viette, 1958 Madagascar
Oglasa basicomma Holloway Borneo
Oglasa bifidalis (Leech, 1889) Japan
Oglasa bisignata (Hampson, 1907) Sri Lanka
Oglasa calimanii Berio, 1939 Ethiopia
Oglasa chavanei Viette, 1965 Madagascar
Oglasa confluens Hampson, 1926 Transvaal
Oglasa connectens Hampson, 1926 Philippines (Luzon)
Oglasa contigua Wileman & West, 1929 Philippines (Luzon)
Oglasa costimacula Wileman, 1915 Taiwan
Oglasa costisignata Hamspon, 1926 Borneo
Oglasa defixa (Walker, 1862) Borneo
Oglasa dia (Viette, 1972) Madagascar
Oglasa diagonalis Hampson, 1926 Ghana
Oglasa diasticta Hampson, 1926 Borneo
Oglasa fulviceps (Hampson, 1894) Himachal Pradesh
Oglasa fuscitemrinata (Hampson, 1898) Sikkim
Oglasa griselda Hampson, 1926 Ghana
Oglasa hollandi Gaede, 1930 Sierra Leone
Oglasa holophaea (Hampson, 1926) southern Nigeria
Oglasa hypenoides (Moore, 1881) Meghalaya
Oglasa iselaea Viette, 1958 Madagascar
Oglasa junctisigna Hampson, 1926 New Guinea
Oglasa lagusalis Walker, [1859] Borneo
Oglasa maculosa (Walker, [1863]) Borneo
Oglasa mediopalens Wileman & South, 1917 Taiwan
Oglasa mediopallens Wileman & South, 1917
Oglasa microsema Hampson, 1926 Ghana
Oglasa muluensis Holloway Sarawak
Oglasa nana (Walker, 1869) Congo
Oglasa obliquilinea Hampson, 1926 New Guinea
Oglasa obliquisigna Hampson, 1926 Myanmar
Oglasa ochreobrunneata Viette, 1956 Madagascar
Oglasa ochreovenata (Bethune-Baker, 1906) New Guinea
Oglasa pachycnemis Hampson, 1926 Borneo
Oglasa parallela Hampson, 1926 Malawi
Oglasa phaeonephele Hampson, 1926 southern Nigeria
Oglasa plagiata Gaede, 1939 Cameroon
Oglasa prionosticha Turner, 1944 north-western Australia
Oglasa renilinea Gaede, 1949 East Africa
Oglasa retracta (Hampson, 1907) Sri Lanka
Oglasa rufimedia Hampson, 1926 Nigeria
Oglasa rufoaurantia Rothschild, 1915 Ceram
Oglasa separata (Walker, 1865) Northern India
Oglasa sordida (Wileman, 1915) Taiwan
Oglasa sordidula (Walker, 1864) Borneo, Singapore, Sumatra
Oglasa tamsi Gaede, 1939 Ghana, Cameroon
Oglasa tessellata Hampson, 1926 southern Nigeria
Oglasa trigona (Hampson, 1891) Nilgiri
Oglasa umbrosa (Wileman, 1916) Taiwan
Oglasa xanthorhabda Prout, 1926 Buru

References

Rivulinae
Noctuoidea genera


Oglasodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.

Species
Oglasodes atrisignata Hampson, 1926 Ghana
Oglasodes bisinuata Hampson, 1926 Ghana
Oglasodes nyasica Hampson, 1926 Kenya, Malawi

References

Calpinae


Ogovia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by William Jacob Holland in 1892.

Species
Ogovia aliena (Holland, 1920) Ghana, Zaire
Ogovia alticola Laporte, 1974 Cameroon
Ogovia bolengensis (Holland, 1920) Zaire
Ogovia ebenaui (Viette, 1965) Madagascar
Ogovia pudens (Holland, 1894) Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, Zaire, Gabon, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Ogovia tavetensis Holland, 1892 Cameroon, Zaire, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

References

Calpinae
Moth genera


William Richard Cade (30 June 1883 – 4 August 1957), was an Australian violinist and conductor, the founding conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

History
Cade was born in Adelaide and educated at the Pulteney Street School (now Pulteney Grammar School).

He studied at the Elder Conservatorium from 1899 to 1909, under Hermann Heinicke. From 1904 to 1910 he was a violinist and music teacher. He studied at the Max Pohl Conservatorium in Berlin in 1910, became the leader of the Quinlan Opera Company orchestra in London in 1911, and also studied with Sir Thomas Beecham. He returned to Adelaide in 1912 and married that year.  For the next 16 years he was associated with J. C. Williamson's company, while also conducting cinema orchestras and the Theatre Royal Orchestra. In 1929 he moved to Melbourne to lead the Regent and Plaza Theatres' orchestras, conducting over 7,000 times, and also became conductor of the Victorian Professional Symphony Orchestra, a group of 80 players. In 1929 he formed the Adelaide Wireless Chorus (later renamed the Adelaide Singers).

In 1936, he was the conductor of the Adelaide Studio Orchestra, which consisted of 16 players and performed light music for radio audiences. it was increased in size by merging with players from the defunct South Australian Orchestra, and renamed the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.  He led the orchestra for the next 12 years, until retiring in 1948. During this time he also conducted other Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) orchestras around Australia. Norman Chinner served as his assistant for many years before their responsibilities were divided, with Chinner taking over as choirmaster. After retirement he was appointed an Honorary Life Member of the Australian Musicians Union.

Cade died in his home town in 1957, aged 74. He was survived by his wife and three daughters.

References

1883 births
1957 deaths
Australian conductors (music)
Australian classical violinists
Male classical violinists
20th-century conductors (music)
20th-century classical violinists
20th-century Australian male musicians
20th-century Australian musicians


Oidemastis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Oidemastis caliginosa, is found in French Guiana. Both the genus and the species were first described by Schaus in 1916.

References

Herminiinae
Monotypic moth genera


Oligarcha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Oligarcha coryphaea (Püngeler, 1900)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Oligarcha at funet

Noctuinae


Oligia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.

Species

 Oligia agelasta (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
 Oligia albilinea Laporte, 1973
 Oligia albirivula Hampson, 1908
 Oligia ambigua (Walker, 1858)
 Oligia ambiguella (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
 Oligia atrivitta Hampson, 1914
 Oligia bridghami (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
 Oligia brunneonigra Laporte, 1973
 Oligia chlorostigma (Harvey, 1876)
 Oligia confusa Janse, 1937
 Oligia cupricolor Laporte, 1973
 Oligia decinerea (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
 Oligia dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
 Oligia divesta (Grote, 1874)
 Oligia dubia (Heydemann, 1942)
 Oligia egens (Walker, 1857)
 Oligia fasciuncula (Haworth, 1809) – middle-barred minor
 Oligia flava Laporte, 1973
 Oligia h-notata Berio, 1976
 Oligia hypothermes Hampson, 1908
 Oligia hypoxantha Hampson, 1914
 Oligia infima Laporte, 1973
 Oligia instructa (Walker, 1865)
 Oligia intermedia Berio, 1976
 Oligia latra Berio, 1976
 Oligia latruncula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – tawny marbled minor
 Oligia leleupi Berio, 1976
 Oligia leuconephra Hampson, 1908
 Oligia longidens Berio, 1976
 Oligia mediofasciata Draudt, 1950
 Oligia melandonta Hampson, 1908
 Oligia minuscula (Morrison, 1874)
 Oligia modica (Guenée, 1852)
 Oligia multiplicata Berio, 1976
 Oligia nigrithorax Draudt, 1950
 Oligia niveiplagoides Poole, 1989
 Oligia nyctichroa E. D. Jones, 1908
 Oligia obsolescens Berio, 1977
 Oligia obtusa (Smith, 1902)
 Oligia pachydetis (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
 Oligia perpusilla Berio, 1976
 Oligia rampartensis Barnes & Benjamin, 1923
 Oligia rufata Kardakoff, 1928
 Oligia rufilinea Laporte, 1983
 Oligia rufolonigra Laporte, 1973
 Oligia rufulus Laporte, 1973
 Oligia rufulusoides Laporte, 1973
 Oligia scriptonigra Laporte, 1973
 Oligia scriptonova Berio, 1976
 Oligia semicana (Walker, 1865)
 Oligia semidiaphana Berio, 1976
 Oligia sodalis Draudt, 1950
 Oligia stenopterygioides Berio, 1976
 Oligia strigilis (Linnaeus, 1758) – marbled minor
 Oligia subambigua (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
 Oligia suleiman Rezbayai-Reser, 1997
 Oligia tripunctata (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
 Oligia turcia Rezbanyai-Reser, 1997
 Oligia tusa (Grote, 1878)
 Oligia vandarban Rezbanyai-Reser, 1997
 Oligia versicolor (Borkhausen, 1792) – rufous minor
 Oligia violacea (Grote, 1881)

Former species
Oligia arbora is now known as Mesapamea arbora (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Oligia fractilinea is now known as Mesapamea fractilinea (Grote, 1874)
Oligia hausta (Grote, 1882) is now a synonym of Neoligia semicana (Walker, 1865)
Oligia illocata is now known as Fishia illocata (Walker, 1857)
Oligia indirecta is now known as Xylomoia indirecta (Grote, 1875)
Oligia laevigata (Smith, 1898) is now a synonym of Neoligia subjuncta (Smith, 1898)
Oligia mactata is now known as Platypolia mactata (Guenée, 1852)
Oligia marina is now Aseptis marina (Grote, 1874)

References

Apameini


Oligonyx is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Shigero Sugi in 1982; the name is a junior homonym of the mantis genus Oligonyx Saussure, 1869, and must be replaced, following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Despite that, its only species, Oligonyx vulnerata, was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It is found in south-eastern Siberia, Korea, Japan, northern and central China.

References

Hadeninae
Monotypic moth genera


Olivenebula is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Olivenebula confecta (Walker, 1865)
 Olivenebula monticola Kishida & Yoshimoto, 1977
 Olivenebula oberthueri (Staudinger, 1892)
 Olivenebula pulcherrima (Moore, 1867)
 Olivenebula subsericata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861)
 Olivenebula xanthochloris (Boisduval, 1840)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Olivenebula at funet

Hadeninae


Olulis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.

Description
Palpi with second joint reaching above vertex of head, and long third joint naked. Antennae ciliated. Thorax and abdomen without tufts. Mid legs of male with a large hair from base of tibia. Forewings long and narrow with acute apex. The outer margin angled at middle. Veins 8 to 10 from before the angle and stalked. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4. Veins 5 from near middle of discocellulars.

Species
 Olulis lactigutta Hampson, 1907
 Olulis puncticinctalis Walker, 1863
 Olulis subrosea Turner, 1908

References

Calpinae
Moth genera


Olulodes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Olulodes pulchra, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908.

References

Calpinae
Monotypic moth genera


Olyssa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Olyssa calamitosa, is found in Australia in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1858.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

References

Calpinae
Monotypic moth genera


Ombrea is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Ombrea aenochromoides, is found in Sumatra. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1865.

References

Calpinae
Monotypic moth genera


Omia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Omia banghaasi Stauder, 1930
 Omia cyclopea (Graslin, 1837)
 Omia cymbalariae (Hübner, 1809)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Omia at funet

Cuculliinae


Ommatochila is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1894.

Taxonomy
Ommatochila has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae. The genus is sometimes considered to be a synonym of Abacena.

Species
Ommatochila chorrera Schaus, 1916 Panama
Ommatochila crassipalpis Schaus, 1916 Venezuela
Ommatochila mundula (Zeller, 1872) southern US to Argentina, Antilles
Ommatochila plumbealis (Walker, [1866]) Amazonas in Brazil
Ommatochila santucca Schaus, 1916 French Guiana
Ommatochila stenula Schaus, 1916 Venezuela

References

Boletobiinae
Noctuoidea genera


Ommatophora is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.

Species
Ommatophora burrowsi Prout, 1922
Ommatophora fulvastra Guenee, 1852
Ommatophora luminosa (Cramer, 1780)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Ommatophorini
Moth genera


Omorphina is a genus of moths of the monotypic tribe Omorphini of the subfamily Plusiinae.

Species
 Omorphina aurantiaca Alphéraky, 1892

References
 Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
 Omorphina at funet.fi

Plusiinae


Omphalagria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Omphalagria hemiochra Hampson, 1910
 Omphalagria togoensis Gaede, 1915

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Omphalagria at funet

Hadeninae


Omphalestra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Omphaloceps is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1901.

Taxonomy
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Schausia Karsch, 1895.

Species
 Omphaloceps daria H. Druce, 1895
 Omphaloceps triangularis Mabille, 1893

References

Agaristinae


Omphalophana is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Omphalophana anatolica Lederer, 1857
 Omphalophana antirrhinii Hübner, 1803
 Omphalophana durnalayana Osthelder, 1933
 Omphalophana pauli (Staudinger, 1892)
 Omphalophana serrata Treitschke, 1835
 Omphalophana serrulata L.Ronkay & Gyulai, 2006

References
 Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
 Omphalophana at funet.fi
 Ronkay, L. & Gyulai, P. (2006). "New Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) species from Iran and Tibet." Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 12: 211-241.

Cuculliinae


Omphaloscelis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Omphaloscelis lunosa (Haworth, 1809)
 Omphaloscelis polybela (de Joannis, 1903)

References


Oncotibialis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Onychagrotis was a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, it is now considered a synonym of Agrotis.

Former species
 Onychagrotis rileyana (Morrison, 1875)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Onychagrotis at funet

Noctuinae


Onychestra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Oortiana is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Opacographa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Hadeninae


Ophisma is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Species
Ophisma aeolida Druce, 1890
Ophisma albitermia Hampson, 1910
Ophisma basigutta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Ophisma cuprizonea Hampson, 1913
Ophisma despagnesi Guenée, 1852
Ophisma diatonica Möschler, 1880
Ophisma exuleata Möschler, 1883
Ophisma fulvipuncta Schaus, 1911
Ophisma gravata Guenée, 1852
Ophisma ibona Plötz, 1880
Ophisma lunulifera Walker, 1865
Ophisma minna Guenée, 1852
Ophisma ningi Plötz, 1880
Ophisma nobilis Schaus, 1911
Ophisma pallescens (Walker, 1864)
Ophisma pyrosticha Druce, 1912
Ophisma sinuata Schaus, 1901
Ophisma tecta Schaus, 1894
Ophisma teterrima Hampson, 1913
Ophisma tropicalis Guenée, 1852
Ophisma turturoides Walker, 1858
Ophisma variata Schaus, 1901

References

Poaphilini
Moth genera


Ophiusa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.

Description
Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint variable in length and longer in female than male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid tibia spiny and sometimes hind tibia as well. Tibia fringed with long hair in male. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. The outer margin nearly straight. Hindwings with slightly angled outer margin at vein 2. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first pair or two pairs are rudimentary.

Species

Ophiusa coronata Fabricius, 1775 is now placed in Thyas as Thyas coronata.

References

Ophiusa
Moth genera


Ophthalmis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

Species
 Ophthalmis cincta Boisduval, 1874
 Ophthalmis darna H. Druce, 1894
 Ophthalmis floresiana Rothschild, 1897
 Ophthalmis haemorrhoidalis Guérin-Méneville, [1838]
 Ophthalmis lincea Cramer, [1779]
 Ophthalmis milete Cramer, [1775]
 Ophthalmis privata Walker, [1865]
 Ophthalmis swinhoei Semper, 1899

References

Agaristinae


Ophyx is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Species
Ophyx bethunei Holloway, 1984
Ophyx bilinea Holloway, 1984
Ophyx chionopasta (Hampson, 1926)
Ophyx crinipes (Felder & Rogenhofer 1874) (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
Ophyx deformata Holloway, 1984
Ophyx elliptica Holloway, 1984
Ophyx eurrhoa Lower, 1903 (Australia)
Ophyx excisa (Hulstaert, 1924)
Ophyx inextrema (Prout, 1926)
Ophyx loxographa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Ophyx maculosus Holloway, 1979
Ophyx meeki (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Ophyx ochroptera Guenée, 1852 (Australia)
Ophyx owgarra (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
Ophyx prereducta Holloway, 1984
Ophyx pseudoptera (Lower, 1903) (Australia)
Ophyx reflexa Holloway, 1984
Ophyx striata (Hampson, 1926)
Ophyx talesea Holloway, 1984
Ophyx triangulata Holloway, 1984

Former species
Ophyx pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
Ophyx trifasciata (Swinhoe, 1905)

References

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Ophyx
Noctuoidea genera


Opigena is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Opigena polygona ([Schiffermüller], 1775)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Opigena at funet

Noctuinae


Oporophylla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1913. Its only species, Oporophylla ustulata, was first described by Westwood in 1848. It is found in Bangladesh.

References

Catocalinae
Monotypic moth genera


Opsigalea is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Opsigalea blanchardi Todd, 1966

References
 Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
 Opsigalea at funet.fi

Cuculliinae


Opsyra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Opsyra chalcoela (Hampson, 1902)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Opsyra at funet

Hadeninae


Oraesia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Species

References

Calpinae
Moth genera


Orbifrons is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Noctuinae


Orbona is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Orbona fragariae (Vieweg, 1790)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Orbona at funet

Cuculliinae


Oria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Oria flavescens (Hampson, 1902)
 Oria musculosa (Hübner, [1808])
 Oria myodea (Rambur, 1858)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Oria at funet

Hadeninae


Ornitopia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Noctuinae


Orodesma is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.

Species
 Orodesma ameria (Druce, 1890)
 Orodesma apicina Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
 Orodesma cladonia (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
 Orodesma demepa (Dyar, 1914)
 Orodesma elipha (Schaus, 1940)
 Orodesma fearni (Schaus, 1911)
 Orodesma monoflex (Dyar, 1924)
 Orodesma peratopis (Hampson, 1924)
 Orodesma pulverosa (Schaus, 1911)
 Orodesma schausi (Druce, 1890)

References

Melipotini
Moth genera


Oroplexia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Oroplexia albiflexura (Walker, 1857)
 Oroplexia decorata (Moore, 1882)
 Oroplexia luteifrons (Walker, 1857)
 Oroplexia retrahens (Walker, 1857)
 Oroplexia separata (Moore, 1882)
 Oroplexia simulata (Moore, 1881)
 Oroplexia tripartita (Leech, 1900)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Oroplexia at funet

Hadeninae


Orosagrotis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Noctuinae


Oroscopa is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Herbert Druce in 1891.

Species
Oroscopa belus Schaus, 1914 Panama
Oroscopa calverti Schaus, 1911 Costa Rica
Oroscopa concha H. Druce, 1891 Panama
Oroscopa cordobensis Schaus, 1916 Mexico
Oroscopa diascia Hampson, 1924 Trinidad
Oroscopa electrona Schaus, 1916 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Oroscopa hacupha Schaus, 1911 Costa Rica
Oroscopa microdonta Hampson, 1924 Trinidad
Oroscopa noctifera Schaus, 1912 French Guiana
Oroscopa privigna (Möschler, 1880) Costa Rica, French Guiana, Surinam
Oroscopa punctata H. Druce, 1891 Panama
Oroscopa variegata Hampson, 1926 Peru

References

Calpinae


Orotermes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Paul Dognin in 1919. The species are found in French Guiana.

Species
Orotermes hermieri Barbut & Lalanne-Cassou, 2007
Orotermes monstrosa Dognin, 1919
Orotermes japyx (Schaus, 1914)

References

Calpinae


Orrhodia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Cuculliinae


Orrhodiella is a subgenus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Cuculliinae
Insect subgenera


Orsa is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.

Species
Orsa deleta Hampson, 1924 Trinidad
Orsa erythrospila Walker, 1865 Brazil (Amazonas)
Orsa orbifera Hampson, 1926 Brazil (Espírito Santo)
Orsa tenuata Kaye, 1901 Trinidad

References

Calpinae


Orthia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Orthia augias, is found in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Both the genus and species were first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.

References

Agaristinae
Monotypic moth genera


Orthodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Orthodes adiastola Franclemont, 1976
 Orthodes anoatra Guenée, 1852
 Orthodes bolteri (Smith, 1900)
 Orthodes cachia (Schaus, 1911)
 Orthodes cartagensis (Schaus, 1911)
 Orthodes cracerdota (Dyar, 1913)
 Orthodes curvirena Guenée, 1852
 Orthodes cynica Guenée, 1852
 Orthodes detracta (Walker, 1857)
 Orthodes dolia (Dyar, 1913)
 Orthodes dormitosa (Dyar, 1922)
 Orthodes enages (Dyar, 1913)
 Orthodes furtiva McDunnough, 1943
 Orthodes goniostigma (Schaus, 1903)
 Orthodes goodelli (Grote, 1875)
 Orthodes infirma Guenée, 1852
 Orthodes jamaicensis (Hampson, 1905)
 Orthodes lanaris (Butler, 1890)
 Orthodes lobata (Hampson, 1905)
 Orthodes lodebar Druce, 1889
 Orthodes loliopopa (Dyar, 1913)
 Orthodes majuscula Herrich-Schäffer, 1868 (syn: Orthodes crenulata (Butler, 1890))
 Orthodes moderata (Walker, 1857)
 Orthodes nocanoca (Dyar, 1919)
 Orthodes noverca (Grote, 1878) (=Orthodes delecta Barnes & McDunnough, 1916, Orthodes vauorbicularis (Smith, 1902) )
 Orthodes oache (Dyar, 1913)
 Orthodes obscura (Smith, 1888)
 Orthodes orbica (Hampson, 1905)
 Orthodes turrialba (Schaus, 1911)
 Orthodes ultimella (Dyar, 1913)
 Orthodes vesquesa (Dyar, 1913)

References
 Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
 Orthodes at funet.fi

Hadeninae


Orthogonia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species
 Orthogonia basimacula (Draudt, 1939)
 Orthogonia canimaculata Warren, 1911
 Orthogonia denormata (Draudt, 1939)
 Orthogonia grisea Leech, 1900
 Orthogonia plana Leech, 1900
 Orthogonia plumbinotata (Hampson, 1908)
 Orthogonia sera C. & R. Felder, 1862
 Orthogonia tapaishana (Draudt, 1939)

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Orthogonia at funet

Hadeninae


Orthogrammica is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1926.

Species
Orthogrammica bilineatus (Hampson, 1894)
Orthogrammica rufitibia Felder, 1874

References

Calpinae


Ortholeuca is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Ortholeuca albiluna, is found in Panama. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1910.

References

Acontiinae
Monotypic moth genera


Orthopha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Cuculliinae


Orthoruza is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Orthoruza niveipuncta, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and species were first described by Warren in 1913.

References

Acontiinae
Monotypic moth genera


Orthosia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.

Species

Former species
 Orthosia johnstoni McDunnough, 1943 is now a synonym of Perigonica pectinata (Smith, [1888])

References
Hreblay, M. & Plante, J. (1994). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarim Hungaricae 40(1): 21–27.

Orthosiini
Taxa named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer


Phillip Barker (born 1955) is a Canadian production designer, filmmaker and visual artist based in Toronto, Ontario.

He is best known for his work as a production designer, particularly his work with director Atom Egoyan, which includes ten feature films and two live operas. In 2006, Barker received a Directors Guild of Canada Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design for his work on Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies.

Barker's production design has also been featured in films by directors such as Brian De Palma, Mira Nair, Lisa Cholodenko and Neil LaBute, as well as on the television series Reign (2013–2015), American Gothic (2016) and Star Trek: Discovery (2020).

Shadow Nettes, a short film written and directed by Barker, won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival.

Early life
Phillip Barker was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. His father was an auto mechanic.

Barker's  interest in filmmaking began in 1967, when his father brought home a Super-8 camera and projector. Barker's family moved to Canada the following year. His father had purchased the film camera to document the trip. He completed his high school education at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School in Peterborough, Ontario, where his brother Mike was a founder of the city's Folk Under the Clock concert series.

He attended the Ontario College of Art, starting with commercial illustration, later transitioning to more experimental forms of art, including installation art that incorporated elements of film and video.

Career

Barker spent a year and a half in Paris, before moving to Amsterdam, where he lived from 1982 to 1987, supporting himself by working as a scenic painter. In 1986, he debuted his performance piece titled Trust a Boat, 'Film-sculpture for a House inside a canal house on the Keizersgracht. The performance was viewed from the street below as scenes were performed in nine windows of the three story building. These scenes consisted of a mixture of live performance and film projections set to music. Barker also served as production designer for the 1987 Dutch film Zoeken naar Eileen (Looking for Eileen), by director Rudolf van den Berg.

Upon his return to Canada, Barker continued to create installation pieces that incorporated elements of film, video, sculpture and live performance, often exhibited in public places. He also worked on commercials and rock videos to help support himself.

At the Seville Expo '92, Barker contributed an art piece to the Canadian pavilion. His work consisted of a flooded tent set up in the middle of a vast pond. Images of Canadian ecological disasters were projected onto the walls of the tent.

In 1995, Barker released the short film A Temporary Arrangement. The film won the Best Experimental Film Award at the 1996 Melbourne International Film Festival, and was also featured on TVOntario's two-part series Exposures: The Art of Film and Video, which aired in 2005. The film features composite images that were made by combining nine frames, all shot in Super 8 film and arranged into a grid that was then transferred to 35mm film.

Barker worked on Egoyan's stage production of Richard Strauss's opera Salome, presented by the Canadian Opera Company in 1996. Barker created elements of projected film and video for the performance. The first of many collaborations with Egoyan, the two met after Egoyan attended one of Barker's shows that was being held in an abandoned building once owned by the CBC. The work involved a delicate paper house that was suspended over a shallow pool of water and projected on the walls were black-and-white super 8 film images of various people floating on a river. Egoyan said of the experience: "Sometimes it just happens. You see a  piece by a new artist and it answers something within you in a direct and powerful way. I had that experience nearly twenty-five years ago when I first came across Phillip's work." After the show, Egoyan left Barker a note in the show's guestbook, inviting Barker to work with him.

Barker and Egoyan next worked together on the film The Sweet Hereafter. Barker was nominated, along with Patricia Cuccia, in the category of Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design at the 18th Genie Awards for their work on the film. He also worked with Egoyan in 1997 on a film featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma that aired as the fourth episode of the six-part television film series Inspired by Bach.

In 1998 Barker worked with director Mira Nair on the TV film rendition of the novel My Own Country, as well as with Egoyan on his production of the chamber opera Elsewhereless by Canadian composer Rodney Sharman. Barker also released his short film I am always connected, which used repurposed footage from an installation piece that he made for the Lumen Travo gallery in Amsterdam in 1984.

The following year he released his film Soul Cages, which features a grid of forty-five Super 8 film frames arranged into one frame of 35mm film—an expansion of the technique that he employed in A Temporary Arrangement. Soul Cages won best short film at The Atlantic Film Festival, Best Dramatic Short from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers and, with producer Simone Urdl, Barker shared a nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 21st Genie Awards.

The 2000s saw further collaborations between Barker and Egoyan. Barker was the production designer for the films Ararat (2002), Where the Truth Lies (2005), Adoration (2008) and Chloe (2009). Barker received Genie award nominations for his work on Ararat and Where the Truth Lies. In 2006 he was presented with a Directors Guild of Canada Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design for Where the Truth Lies. His work on the sets for the film were featured in an issue of Canadian Interiors magazine that same year. Barker built a 3,000-square-foot presidential suite at London's Shepperton Studios, inspired by the architecture and design of Morris Lapidus during his MiMo period, for the film.

The Toronto International Film Festival included Barker's short film, Malody, in their list of Canada's Top Ten Short Films of 2012. In 2013 Malody received the Prix Créativité (creativity prize) at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal, in addition to the  Le prix Hors Pistes (the "off-track" or "off-road" prize) at the Festival Hors Pistes held at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Barker served as production designer for the television series Reign from 2013 to 2015, as well as on the 2016 CBS series American Gothic. He was nominated, along with Robert Hepburn and Brad Milburn, for Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series for his work on Reign at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards.

In 2017 Barker released his short film Shadow Nettes. In the film, a fisherman teaches his son about the use of the "shadow nette", a traditional fishing device worn by the fisherman that projects their silhouette on to a screen. Using their projected gestures, the fisherman draws prey to their nets. Shadow Nettes was featured at several film festivals internationally in 2017 and 2018 and won the prize for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival.  It was also featured on the CBC series Canadian Reflections.

Barker again collaborated with Egoyan on the film Guest of Honour, which was released in 2019. His work on the film earned him a nomination for Achievement in Art Direction / Production Design at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards.

Also in 2019, Barker and fellow filmmaker Mike Hoolboom, launched a tour featuring a retrospective of Barker's films, titled Strange Machines: The Films of Phillip Barker. The tour also featured the release of a book by the same title that was edited by Hoolbloom.  The retrospective was presented at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, the Canadian Film Institute, as well as the 2019 Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in France.

Barker also sat on a panel of production designers at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, alongside François Audouy (The Wolverine, Logan, Ford v Ferrari), Craig Lathrop (The Lighthouse, The Witch), and Zosia Mackenzie (Castle in the Ground.)

In 2020, Barker served as production designer in the third season of Star Trek: Discovery. He was suggested to the show's executive producer, Alex Kurtzman, who had seen some of Barker's experimental films. He was also nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada award for Best Production Design – Dramatic Series, for his work on the show.

Filmography

Film

As production designer

As director

Television

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

References

External links

1955 births
Living people
Canadian production designers
Film directors from Toronto
People from Bradford
OCAD University alumni
English emigrants to Canada


Orthozancla is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Orthozancla rhythmotypa, is found in the Australian state of Queensland. Both the genus and species were first described by Turner in 1933.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

References

Calpinae
Monotypic moth genera


Orthozona is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Species
Orthozona bilineata  Wileman, 1915
Orthozona curvilineata  Wileman, 1915
Orthozona karapina  Strand, 1920
Orthozona quadrilineata (Moore, 1882)  (from India/Darjeeling)
Orthozona rufilineata  (Hampson, 1895)

References

Smetacek & Kitching, 2012. The hitherto undescribed male of Orthozona quadrilineata (Moore, 1882) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (14): 3366–3368
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Herminiinae
Moth genera


Ortopla is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1859.

Species
Ortopla commutanda (Warren, 1891)
Ortopla iarbasalis Walker, [1859] Borneo
Ortopla lindsayi (Hampson, 1891) India (Tamil Nadu)
Ortopla noduna (Swinhoe, 1905) Sri Lanka
Ortopla relinquenda (Walker, 1858) northern India

References

Calpinae
Noctuoidea genera