Moths of Australia

This aims to be a comprehensive, reliable, well illustrated book covering the great diversity of Australian moths, summarizing our knowledge of them and presenting much original work. More than 1,000 of the 10,000 named Australian species are represented in colour or half-tone photographs. Also included is a nomenclature and information on distribution, larval food plants, and the fascinating behaviour of these often colourful insects. The emphasis is on living insects and the means they employ to cope with environmental pressures. There are also authoritative accounts of the structure, life history, biology, population control, economic significance, evolution and geographical distribution. The author provides a modern classification of the world fauna, with detailed information on those families occurring in Australia, with descriptions and figures of egg, larval, pupal and adult structure, and discussions of the biology. "Moths of Australia" is an essential reference work for all entomologists. It won the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Whitley Award 1991.
"Ian Common, MA, DAgrSc, FRES, received his formal entomological training at the University of Queensland, graduating with first-class honours in arts and in agricultural science, majoring in entomology. After three years entomological field research with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, he joined the Division of Entomology, CSIRO, Canberra. Until his retirement in 1982 he was in charge of the Lepidoptera section of the Australian National Insect Collection, during which time the collection grew from about 60,000 specimens to several million. He is the author of several books and has contributed many scientific papers on Lepidoptera to journals in Australia and overseas. Ederic Slater is a widely acclaimed nature photographer with a distinguished career in the CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research. His photographs have been featured in ma.