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The butterflies and common moths of New Zealand

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  • Description

    "The author's main aim is to acquaint the beginner with the best known species of butterflies and moths and to provide a manual to help the average student identify most of the species he collects. ... Only eighteen species of butterflies have been recorded in New Zealand (they are all included here) but the moths exceed 1,500. The author has reduced this number to about 180 - the species most likely to be taken in a normal year's collecting."

  • Place
    Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    QL558 GAS (Library of Congress Call Number)

    19040 (Cat ID)

    12774 (DBTextworks system ID)

    10043 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    The butterflies and common moths of New Zealand
  • Primary Maker

     David Gaskin

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Whitcombe and Tombs
  • Place
    Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Date
    1966
  • Physical Description

    219 pages, [28] pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm.

  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    4 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Related Object Notes
    Shannon, Raymond Thomas. Papers. MS-2010-25
  • Subject Category

    Butterflies--New Zealand/Library of Congress subject headings

    Moths--New Zealand

    Lepidoptera--New Zealand

  • Provenance Details
    Copy 1 inscribed on front leaf : "Best wishes, D. E. Gaskin, 21.8.67."
  • Content
    Life history, structure, and classification -- Equipment and mounting -- Collecting -- Breeding -- Key to New Zealand Lepidoptera described in this book -- Descriptions of the butterflies and common moths of New Zealand, their life histories and distribution.
  • Public Access Text

    Bibliography : pages[202]-207.

  • Collection Type
    General Collection
    Entomology Library
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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