A field guide to the moths of eastern North AmericaDiscusses the food, geographic distribution, and characteristics of more than 1000 moths |
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Contents
Moth Anatomy | 1 |
Moth Life Cycle | 7 |
Collecting and Preparing Moths | 14 |
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Common terms and phrases
Acronicta anal angle Antennae apex April-Sept Arctiidae birches border BORER MOTH broods brown shading brownish Catocala Cisthene Common southward Common throughout costa DAGGER MOTH dark brown dark gray darker discal spot Euchlaena Food FW pale Grammia Haploa Holomelina HW dark HW gray HW grayish brown HW white HW yellowish Hypagyrtis Identification inner margin July June Labial palps Larva Lepidoptera LICHEN Lithophane Locally common LOOPER MOTH maples May-Aug May-Sept median area median line melanic Metarranthis MOTH PL N.S. to Fla Nfld Noctuids northward oaks orange outer margin paler patch pest plants Probole Range reddish brown reniform spot Schinia Sept shown Similar species SPANWORM specimens SPHINX thorax throughout our area TIGER MOTH trees Uncommon UNDERWING Unrecorded usually veins west across Canada west to Kans west to Minn west to Mo west to Wisc whitish willows Wingspan yellow
Bibliographic information
| Title | A field guide to the moths of eastern North America Peterson field guide series |
| Author | Charles V. Covell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0395260566, 9780395260562 |
| Length | 496 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Insects Insects - East (U.S.) - Identification Insects - Identification Insects - United States - Identification Insects/ Identification Moths Moths - East (U.S.) - Identification Moths - United States - Identification Moths/ East (U.S.)/ Identification Moths/ United States/ Identification Nature / Animals / Butterflies & Moths Nature / Animals / Insects & Spiders Science / General Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology |
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