Gelechiidae: 4/2 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0946589739 ISBN 13: 9780946589739

Casa editrice: Brill Academic Pub, 2002

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Each volume in the very well known series The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Irelandcontains special introductory chapters on important aspects of the study of British Lepidoptera; keys to families and species; a systematic section consisting of a full description, details of the life history, and a distribution map for each species, as well as structural drawings where nessesary. In addition, all species and significant variants are illustrated in colour. Also available in hardback (ISBN 978-09-46-58967-8).

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Volume 4 is undoubtedly one of the most needed volumes in the series, there being no other English language work available covering this group of moths, and it has already been acclaimed as one of the finest. Part 1 contains the special chapter, followed by the Systematic accounts of the Oecophoridae and eight smaller families - a total of 147 species. Part 2 comprises the Gelechiidae - 162 species. There are genitalia drawings for both sexes of each species, and also representative figures of wing venation for each family, as well as other diagnostic characters. Appropriately, this volume also contains a tribute to the late A. Maitland Emmet, who sadly died while it was in preparation. Among the 19 contributors to this volume are four leading Continental lepidopterists. The families, all within the Gelechioidea, are treated as follows: (Part 1) Oecophoridae - M.W. Harper, J.R. Langmaid & A.M. Emmet; Ethmiidae - K. Sattler; Autostichidae - K.P. Bland; Blastobasidae - R.J. Dickson; Batrachedridae, Agonoxenidae, Momphidae & Cosmopterigidae - J.C. Koster; and Scythrididae - B.A. Bengtsson; (Part 2) Gelechiidae - K.P. Bland, M.F.V. Corley, A.M. Emmet, R.J. Heckford, P. Huemer, J.R. Langmaid, S.M. Palmer, M.S. Parsons, L.M. Pitkin, T. Rutten, K. Sattler, A.N.B. Simpson & P.H. Sterling. The introductory chapter, by Jens Rydell and Mark Young, is entitled 'The Ecology and Evolution of Lepidopteran Defences against Bats', and is illustrated by text figures, sonagrams and 6 colour photographs. Richard Lewington has drawn the superb colour plates of the adult moths as well as other detailed drawings; three authors, B.A. Bengtsson, J.C. Koster and T. Rutten have provided line illustrations of genitalia and other characters for their own contributions; the majority of the genitalia figures, which number several hundred, have been prepared by Michael J. Roberts.

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• Editore: Brill Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0946589739
• ISBN 13: 9780946589739
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 277
• Redattore: Emmet A. Maitland, Langmaid John R.