| Description |
vi, 535 pages 32 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Moths and their environment. Structure and life hsitory ; Biology ; Population control ; Economic significance ; Evolution and geographical distribution ; The family classification of moths -- The Australian moth fauna. Homoneurous monotrysian moths (Zeugloptera ; Micropterigoidea ; Aglossata ; Agathiphagoidea ; Glossata ; Lophocoronoidea) ; Homoneurous exoporian moths (Exoporia ; Hepialoidea) ; Heteroneurous monotrysian moths (Heteroneura ; Nepticuloidea ; Incurvarioidea ; Palaephatoidea) ; Heteroneurous ditrysian moths (Ditrysia ; Tineoidea ; Yponomeutoidea ; Gelechioidea ; Cossoidea ; Tortricoidea ; Castnioidea ; Sesioidea ; Zygaenoidea ; Immoidea ; Copromorphoidea ; Epermenioidea ; Alucitoidea ; Pterophoroidea ; Hyblaeoidea ; Thyridoidea ; Pyraloidea ; Geometroidea ; Drepanoidea ; Uranioidea ; Bombycoidea ; Sphingoidea ; Noctuoidea) -- Appendix A. Collection and study -- Appendix B. Food plant and larval host list |
| Summary |
The first comprehensive book to cover the enormous diversity of Australian moths |
| Analysis |
Moths--australia |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 495-511 |
| Subject |
Moths -- Australia.
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Moths -- Australia -- Identification.
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Moths -- Australia.
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| Author |
Slater, Ederic, 1923-2017, photographer
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| LC no. |
89048654 |
| ISBN |
0522843263 |
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