| Description |
1 online resource (517 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Preface; About This Book; PART ONE; Morphology; Biology; Significance in Natural and Human Communities; Fossil Record and Evolution; A History of Moth Collectors in Western North America; PART TWO; Primitive Lineages; Ditrysia, Nonapoditrysian Superfamilies; Moths of Western North America: Plates; Moth Families and Plates; Apoditrysia; Macrolepidoptera; Suggestions for Collecting and Observing Moths; Glossary; Insect Index; Plant Index; General Index |
| Summary |
Insects boast incredible diversity, and this book treats an important component of the western insect biota that has not been summarized before--moths and their plant relationships. There are about 8,000 named species of moths in our region, and although most are unnoticed by the public, many attract attention when their larvae create economic damage: eating holes in woolens, infesting stored foods, boring into apples, damaging crops and garden plants, or defoliating forests. In contrast to previous North American moth books, this volume discusses and illustrates about 25% of the species in eve |
| Analysis |
amateur collectors |
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biologists |
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comprehensive account |
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crop damage |
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damaging insects |
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defoliating forests |
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illustrated |
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insect biota |
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insect damage |
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insect diversity |
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larval biology |
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lepidopterists |
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microlepidoptera study |
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moth diets |
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moth infestations |
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moth larvae |
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moth life cycles |
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moth morphology |
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moth relationships |
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moth species |
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moth taxonomy |
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moths |
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north america |
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plant and insect life |
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plant diets |
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regional biology |
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western insects |
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western north america |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Moths -- West (U.S.)
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Moths -- Northwest, Canadian
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Moths.
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Moths
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology.
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Moths
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North America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092455
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North America |
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North America
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Canada -- Canadian Northwest
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West United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Opler, Paul A.
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| LC no. |
2008048605 |
| ISBN |
9780520943773 |
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0520943775 |
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9780520251977 |
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0520251970 |
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1282360973 |
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9781282360976 |
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9786612360978 |
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6612360976 |
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