Other uses taxobox name Flax image Linum usitatissimum K hler s Medizinal Pflanzen 088.jpg image caption Flax plant regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo ... binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus . Flax also known as common flax or linseed binomial ... . ref Alister D. Muir, Neil D. Westcot, cite book title Flax The Genus Linum url http books.google.com ... Neil D year 2003 , page 3 August 1, 2003 . ref Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Ethiopia ... dead link date November 2010 ref In a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia , dyed flax ... Wild Flax Fibers. Science , 325 5946 1359. DOI 10.1126 science.1175404 PMID 19745144 http www.sciencemag.org ... species in human history. New Zealand flax is not related to flax but was named after it, as both ... upright left thumb Capsules File Flax flowers.jpg thumb Flowers Flax is an erect annual plant ..., 4 7 mm long. In addition to referring to the plant itself, the word flax may refer to the unspun fibers of the flax plant. Uses Flax is grown both for its seed s and for its fiber. Various parts .... Flax seed is the source of linseed oil , which is used as an edible oil, as a nutritional supplement, and as an ingredient in many wood finishing products. Flax is also grown as an ornamental plant in garden s. Flax seeds File Brown Flax Seeds.jpg thumb right Brown Flax Seeds Flax seeds come in two ... and equal numbers of short chain omega 3 fatty acid s. The exception is a type of yellow flax called ... 3 FAs. Although brown flax can be consumed as readily as yellow, and has been for thousands of years, it is better known as an ingredient in paints, fiber and cattle feed. Flax seeds produce a vegetable ... flax seed oil has been used for centuries as a drying oil in painting and varnishing. Citation needed date June 2009 File Flax seeds.jpg thumb left Golden Flax seed One hundred grams of ground flax seed supplies about 450 kilocalories, 41 grams of fat, 28 grams of fiber, and 20 ... more details
Taxobox image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax genus authority Fibiger, 2011 Flax is a genus of moth s of the Micronoctuidae family. Species Flax basis small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax amita small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax clavus small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax poseidon small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax tempuensis small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax neptun small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax brevipennis small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax bibrevipennis small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax serami small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax tamborai small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax kuchingi small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax sulawesii small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax kalliesi small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax longus small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax semilongus small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax micronesia small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax palaui small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax biaki small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax newirlandi small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax lueneborgi small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax newbritaini small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax honeyi small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax fulturai small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax fletcheri small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax solomoni small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax sanchristobali small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax elachista small Fletcher, 1957 small Flax rennelli small Fibiger, 2011 small Flax vanuatui small Fibiger, 2011 small References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
Flax may mean or refer to Species in the genus Linum , including Flax Linum usitatissimum Hemp Cannabis sativa Flax color New Zealand flax unrelated to the Linum sp Open source enterprise search software based on Xapian Holly Flax , a fictional character from the American TV series The Office disambig ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Pollex flax image image width 240px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae genus Pollex moth Pollex species P. flax binomial Pollex flax binomial authority Fibiger, 2007 synonyms Pollex flax is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from northern Sulawesi . The wingspan is about 11 mm. The hindwing is unicolorous grey brown with an indistinct black discal spot and the underside unicolorous grey brown. References aut Fibiger, M. 2007 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae. http www.mapress.com zootaxa index.html Zootaxa , 1567 1 116. http mapress.com zootaxa 2007f z01567p116f.pdf Abstract & excerpt Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub vi Pollex flax ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 For the hair color Blond flaxen infobox color title Light Goldenrod Yellow hex FAFAD2 r 250 g 250 b 210 c 0 m 0 y 16 k 2 h 60 s 16 v 98 source Web colors X11 color names X11 Flax also known as Light Goldenrod color Goldenrod is a pale yellowish gray color named after flax seeds. It is similar to the color mustard color mustard . Flax in culture France French Impressionist music impressionistic composer Claude Debussy s Preludes Debussy prelude N.8 Book 1 for Piano, La fille aux cheveux de lin The Girl with the Flaxen Hair , uses the color flax in its title. The main character in the Spice & Wolf Japanese novel, Horo, has been described as having flax colored hair. In the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett , the girl Ermengarde St. John is described as having flaxen hair. Zossimov , a character from Dostoevsky s Crime and Punishment , is described as having straight flaxen hair. See also List of colors Shades of yellow Flax DEFAULTSORT Flax Color Color stub es Lino color it Flax ... more details
Blue flax is a common name of two or more species in the genus Linum flax Linum lewisii Linum perenne disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax basis image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. basis binomial Flax basis binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax basis is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Laos Vientiane . The wingspan is 10 10.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is brown, including the fringes. The base of the costa has a long, dark brown patch. There is a dark brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The crosslines are indistinct and dark brown. The terminal line is indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax amita image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. amita binomial Flax amita binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax amita is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia western Java . The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light brown and the subterminal, terminal area and fringes are brown. There is a black brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The base of the costa is black brown, subapically with small black dots. The crosslines are indistinct brown. The terminal line is marked indistinctly with black brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with a discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax clavus image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. clavus binomial Flax clavus binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax clavus is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia western Java . The wingspan is 11.5 12 mm. The forewings are light brown, although the subterminal, terminal areas and fringes are brown. There is a black brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The base of the costa is black brown at the base, subapically with small brown dots. The crosslines are indistinct light brown. The terminal line is indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with a discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax neptun image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. neptun binomial Flax neptun binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax neptun is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia eastern Bali . The wingspan is about 10.5 mm. The forewings and fringes are light brown. There is a black quadrangular patch in the upper medial area with a ventro basal small black dot. The base of the costa is black, subapically with small brown dots. The crosslines are indistinct except the brown subterminal line. The terminal lines are indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with an indistinct discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax bibrevipennis image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. bibrevipennis binomial Flax bibrevipennis binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax bibrevipennis is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on Borneo it was described from Sarawak . The wingspan is 9 9.5 mm. The forewings have a costa which is shorter than the posterior margin. The ground colour is light grey brown, including the fringes. The base of the costa is dark brown. There is a dark brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are brown, except for the terminal line, which is indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax tamborai image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. tamborai binomial Flax tamborai binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax tamborai is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia it was described from Mount Tambora on Sumbawa . The wingspan is 10.5 12 mm. The forewings are beige brown, with grey brown subterminal and terminal areas, including the fringes. There is a dark brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The crosslines are indistinct, brown, outlined in beige. The terminal line is only indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous light brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax sulawesii image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. sulawesii binomial Flax sulawesii binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax sulawesii is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia it was described from Utara on Sulawesi . The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings including fringes are light brown. The base of the costa is dark brown and there is a dark brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The crosslines are indistinct brown, outlined in beige, except the terminal line which is indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax kalliesi image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. kalliesi binomial Flax kalliesi binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax kalliesi is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found south east of East Timor as well as in Australia the Northern Territory . The wingspan is 9 10 mm. The ground colour of the forewings including fringes is dark brown, although the base of the costa is black brown. There is a black brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are indistinct and brown, outlined in beige. The terminal line is only indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax longus image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. longus binomial Flax longus binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax longus is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in the Philippines Luzon . The wingspan is 9 10.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings including fringes is light brown, although the base of the costa is dark brown. There is a dark brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are indistinct and brown. The terminal line is only indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous light brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax semilongus image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. semilongus binomial Flax semilongus binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax semilongus is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in the Philippines Palawan . The wingspan is about 10 mm. The ground colour of the forewings including fringes is light brown and the subterminal and terminal areas are brown. The base of the costa is dark Brown. There is a dark brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are indistinct and brown. The terminal line is only indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous light brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax palaui image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. palaui binomial Flax palaui binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax palaui is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Micronesia it was described from Babelthuap Island in Palau . The wingspan is about 10 mm. The labial palps, head, patagia, tegulae, thorax and the ground colour of the forewings including fringes are dark brown. The base of the costa and the quadrangular narrow patch in the upper medial area of the forewing are slightly darker brown. The crosslines are indistinct. The terminal line is only indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey without a discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax fulturai image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. fulturai binomial Flax fulturai binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax fulturai is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on the Solomon Islands Guadalcanal . The wingspan is about 10 mm. The labial palps, head, patagia, basal part of tegulae and thorax are black brown. The forewings including fringes are beige, with dark brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of costa and the medial area are also dark brown. There is a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are beige. The terminal line is indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax fletcheri image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. fletcheri binomial Flax fletcheri binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax fletcheri is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on the Solomon Islands Guadalcanal . The wingspan is about 9.5 mm. The forewings including fringes are beige, with brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and the medial area are also brown with a dark brown dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are beige. The terminal line is only indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings are unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax elachista image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. elachista binomial Flax elachista binomial authority Fletcher, 1957 synonyms Anachrostis elachista small Fletcher, 1957 small Flax elachista is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on the Solomon Islands Rennell Island . The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are light brown, with brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa, and all of the medial area are also brown. The crosslines are indistinct and light brown. The subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is only indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax rennelli image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. rennelli binomial Flax rennelli binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax rennelli is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on the Solomon Islands Rennell Island . The wingspan is 8 8.5 mm. The forewings are beige, with a brown subterminal area. The base of the costa and all of the medial area are also brown. The crosslines are light brown. The terminal line is indicated by dark brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax vanuatui image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. vanuatui binomial Flax vanuatui binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax vanuatui is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Vanuatu it was described from south western Espiritu Santo . The wingspan is 8 8.5 mm. The forewings are beige, with light brown patches on the base of the costa and a quadrangular costal medial area, with a black dot at the inner lower edge. The crosslines are light brown. The terminal line is indicated by brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
Image Rhof flachsbearbeitung.ogg 240px thumb Threshing, retting and dressing flax at the Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum Heckling splits and straightens the flax fibers, as well as removing the fibrous core and impurities from flax. ref name OED Heckle. The Oxford English Dictionary . 2nd ed. 1989. ref Heckling is done with heckling comb s by pulling the flax through the combs. This parts the locked fibers and makes them straight, clean, and ready to spinning textiles spin . ref name PA cite book last Hood first Adrienne D. title The Weaver s Craft Cloth, Commerce, and Industry in Early Pennsylvania accessdate 2008 05 29 year 2003 month July publisher University of Pennsylvania Press isbn 0812237358 http books.google.es books?id S2wfMg SAs8C&pg PA55&dq heckling combs dressing flax scutching&client firefox a&sig nULvHiGeIgyBosZ QtzyXP1iNEE Extract . ref After heckling, the flax is ready to spinning textiles spin . After spinning, the flax is then suitable for weaving into linen . Heckling is the last of three steps in dressing flax, or preparing the fibers to be spinning textiles spun . Dressing consists of three steps breaking, scutching , and heckling. The breaking breaks up the straw, then some of the straw is scraped from the fibers in the scutching process, then the fiber is pulled through heckles to remove the last bits of straw. The process of heckling involves pulling the flax through several different sized heckling combs, progressing from coarser combs with only a few prongs or nails per inch, to finer combs with more nails per inch. Generally around three heckling combs are used, although many more can be used. The finer the final heckling comb, the finer the yarn spun from that flax can be. An example of a progression of five combs is first using a heckling comb ... and spinning textiles spun , or spun like the other flax fibers. Tow produces a coarser yarn than the fibers ... at present. ref name OED See also Flax Preparation for spinning Hand processing flax Heckling ... more details
Orphan date November 2008 Flax Pond is a tidal estuary located in Old Field, New York , on the north shore of Long Island . As a convert 146 acre km2 adj on salt marsh , Flax Pond is a natural site of great biodiversity and natural beauty. ref http www.flaxpondfriends.org ref Flax Pond is owned by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation NYSDEC and is accessed by researchers at Stony Brook University as a Marine Lab for the state ref http www.msrc.sunysb.edu flaxpond ref In addition to research, Flax Pond also serves as a recreational beach for Long Islanders, though its location prevents many from utilizing the facility, which has served as a point of contention. Citation needed date November 2011 In recent years, the management of Flax Pond has become a very important issue. The environmentally conscious group Friends of Flax Pond has used the facility to educate those in the community through lectures, workshops, and science programs. Citation needed date November 2011 However, the NYSDEC has sought to make the Pond more accessible to residents, thus risking the environmentally pristine nature of the Pond. ref http www.dec.ny.gov docs fish marine pdf fpumprevised.pdf ref State Assemblyman Steven Englebright , who has roots in geology, Citation needed date November 2011 what about ecology? has repeatedly stressed the importance of Flax Pond as an environmental sanctuary. He has funded projects for Flax Pond, such as their summer learning institute ref http www.eserc.stonybrook.edu FPSI ref and has held lectures to promote these ideals. ref http www.eserc.stonybrook.edu cen514 fall2007 ref References references External links http www.msrc.sunysb.edu flaxpond http www.dec.ny.gov docs fish marine pdf fpumprevised.pdf http www.eserc.stonybrook.edu FPSI Category Geography of New York ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Flax poseidon image regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Micronoctuidae subfamilia Tentaxinae genus Flax moth Flax species F. poseidon binomial Flax poseidon binomial authority Fibiger, 2011 synonyms Flax poseidon is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia Sumatra . The wingspan is 12 14.5 mm. The forewings are light brown, although the subterminal, terminal area and fringes are brown. There is a black brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a small black dot in the outer lower area. The base of the costa is black brown, subapically with small black dots. The crosslines are indistinct brown, except for the well marked subterminal line and terminal line indicated by black brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with a discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot. References aut Fibiger, M. 2011 Revision of the Micronoctuidae Lepidoptera Noctuoidea . Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175 5326 Zootaxa , 2842 1 188. http mapress.com zootaxa 2011 f z02842p188f.pdf Preview Category Micronoctuidae Micronoctuidae stub ... more details
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