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Britain's day-flying moths : a field guide to the day-flying moths of Britain and Ireland /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2019.
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| Edición: | Fully revised and updated second edition. |
| Colección: | WildGuides.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; The difference between butterflies and moths; What is a day-flying moth?; Moth biology; The naming of moths; Identifying moths; Where to look for day-flying moths; Gardening for moths; Glossary; Moth families with day-flying species; Introduction to the species accounts; THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS; Clearwings (Family: Sesiidae); Foresters and Burnets (Family: Zygaenidae); Hook-tips, Eggars, Kentish Glory and Emperor Moth (Families: Drepanidae, Lasiocampidae, Endromidae and Saturniidae); Hawk-moths (Family: Sphingidae)
- Geometrids (Family: Geometridae)Tussocks, Footmen, Tigers and allies (Family: Erebidae); Noctuids (Family: Noctuidae); Micro-moths (a selection of common day-flyers from the families: Incurvariidae, Adelidae, Tineidae, Gracillariidae, Choreutidae, Glyphipterigidae, Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Oecophoridae, Tortricidae, Crambidae, Pyralidae and Pterophoridae); Recent introductions; List of day-flying moths with summary data showing: habitat preferences, flight season, larval foodplants, and conservation status, BAP listing and legislative protection; Conservation and legislation; Butterfly and moth conservationRecording and monitoring; Further reading; Useful websites; Acknowledgements and photographic credits; Index