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Hawkmoths of Australia : identification, biology and distribution / Maxwell S. Moulds, James P. Tutt...

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Hawkmoths of Australia : identification, biology and distribution / Maxwell S. Moulds, James P. Tutt...

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Hawkmoths of Australia : identification, biology and distribution / Maxwell S. Moulds, James P. Tuttle and David A. Lane.

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Full title

Hawkmoths of Australia : identification, biology and distribution / Maxwell S. Moulds, James P. Tuttle and David A. Lane.

Publisher

Clayton South VIC : CSIRO Publishing, [2020]

Call Numbers

HQ 2020/0293

Record Identifier

74VKaDzVaVpZ

MMS ID

991024297618902626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

ix, 414 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 31 cm.

Content type

still image

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

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 -- Adul...

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 -- Gnathothlibu...

Publication information

Publisher

Clayton South VIC : CSIRO Publishing, [2020]

Date Published

[2020]

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

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 al...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Hawkmoths of Australia : identification, biology and distribution / Maxwell S. Moulds, James P. Tuttle and David A. Lane.

Notes

General note

Monographs on Australian lepidoptera ; volume 13

Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional physical form availability note

Also published electronically.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

HQ 2020/0293

Record Identifier

74VKaDzVaVpZ

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDzVaVpZ

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9781486302819 hardback

DDC

595.78

MMS ID

991024297618902626

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