Description
Book SynopsisThere 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 and damaging crops and garden plants. This book treats an important component of the western insect biota - moths and their plant relationships.
Trade Review"A must have for those with a serious interest in the Lepidoptera of Western North America." Scienceblogs.com/The Guardian
Table of ContentsPART ONE
Introduction to Lepidoptera and Moths
Morphology
Biology
Significance in Natural and Human Communities
Fossil Record and Evolution
A History of Moth Collectors in Western North America
PART TWO
Classification and Natural History of the Moths of Western North America
Primitive Lineages
Zeugloptera Clade
Superfamily Micropterigoidea
Glossata, Homoneura Clade
Superfamily Eriocranioidea
Exoporia Clade
Superfamily Hepialoidea Clade
Heteroneura, Monotrysia Clade
Superfamily Nepticuloidea
Superfamily Incurvarioidea
Superfamily Tischerioidea
Ditrysia, Nonapoditrysian Superfamilies
Superfamily Tineoidea
Superfamily Gracillarioidea
Superfamily Gelechioidea
Superfamily Gelechioidea, Oecophorid Lineage
Superfamily Gelechioidea, Elachistid Lineage
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea
Apoditrysia
Nonobtectomeran Superfamilies
Superfamily Schreckensteinioidea
Superfamily Epermenioidea
Superfamily Alucitoidea
Superfamily Pterophoroidea
Superfamily Choreutoidea
Superfamily Sesioidea
Superfamily Cossoidea
Superfamily Tortricoidea
Superfamily Zygaenoidea
Marc E. Epstein and James K. Adams
Unspecialized Obtectomera
Superfamily Copromorphoidea
Superfamily Thyridoidea
Obtectomera
Superfamily Pyraloidea
Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily Drepanoidea
Superfamily Geometroidea
Superfamily Mimallonoidea
Superfamily Lasiocampoidea
Superfamily Bombycoidea
Superfamily Noctuoidea
SUGGESTIONS FOR COLLECTING AND OBSERVING MOTHS
GLOSSARY
INSECT INDEX
PLANT INDEX
GENERAL INDEX
Color Plates
