Hawkmoths of Australia : identification, biology and distribution / Maxwell S. Moulds, James P. Tuttle and David A. Lane
- Bib ID:
- 8066023
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Moulds, M. S. (Maxwell Sydney), author
- Description:
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- Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, 2020
- ©2020
- ix, 414 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 31 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781486302819 (hardback)
- 9781486302826 (pdf)
- 9781486302833 (epub)
- Series:
- Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera ; Volume 13
- Summary:
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Hawkmoths are large charismatic insects with highly variable and colourful larvae. Some species are specialised in their habitat preferences, but others are widespread and often encountered in gardens. However, little is known about most species, and associating the adults with their larvae has previously been difficult or impossible. This book allows identification of all of the Australian hawkmoths for the first time and treats species found on mainland Australia and all offshore islands. It presents previously undescribed life histories of nearly all species and provides a comprehensive account of hawkmoth biology, including new parasitoids and their hawkmoth hosts. Detailed drawings and photographs show the external and internal morphology of adults and immatures, and eggs, larval instars and pupa. Keys are provided for last instar larvae and pupae of the 71 species that the authors have reared. A glossary, appendices to parasitoids and larval foodplants, an extensive reference list with bibliographical notes and a comprehensive index conclude the book. The wealth of new information in this book makes it an essential reference for anyone interested in these moths.
- Full contents:
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- Machine generated contents note: Organisation and presentation
- Scope of the work
- Taxonomy
- Foodplant records
- The use of DNA sequence data for identification
- Plates
- Distributions
- Descriptions of adults and immature stages
- Taxonomic changes
- Abbreviations
- Historical review
- Structure and function
- Adult
- Egg
- Larva
- Pupa
- Collection and preservation
- Collecting adult hawkmoths
- Killing specimens
- Field storage
- Labelling specimens
- Preparing molecular specimens
- Dissecting genitalia
- The role of photography
- Rearing hawkmoths
- Collecting immatures
- Eggs from wild-caught females
- Rearing larvae
- Artificial diets for larvae
- Housing pupae
- Rearing successive generations
- Biology
- Egg
- Larva
- Pupa
- Adult
- Hawkmoths as pests
- Hawkmoths as human food and medicine
- Natural enemies
- Classification and nomenclature
- Higher classification
- Genus and species
- The Australian fauna
- Contents note continued: Checklist of Australian species
- Key to last instar larvae
- Key to pupae
- Acherontia
- Acosmeryx
- Agrius
- Ambulyx
- Amplypterus
- Angonyx
- Cephonodes
- Cerberonoton
- Chelacnema gen. nov.
- Cizara
- Coenotes
- Coequosa
- Cypa
- Daphnis
- Eupanacra
- Eurypteryx
- Gnathothlibus
- Hippotion
- Hopliocnema
- HyZes
- Imfcer
- Leucomonia
- Macroglossum
- Megacorma
- JVep/ieZe
- Pseudoangonyx
- Psilogramma
- Synoecha
- Tetrachroa
- Theretra
- Zacn'a
- Addendum
- Daphnis
- Macroglossum
- Marumba.
- Notes:
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Also published electronically.
- Subject:
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- Maxwell S Moulds, James P Tuttle and David A Lane 2020
- Copyright:
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