AuthorGoater, B.
Year1986
TitleBritish Pyralid Moths - a guide to their identification
ISBN0 946589 08 9
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the (208) British species known at the time: about 140 natives plus a further 25 migrants and 35 pests of stored products.
Source175pp, Harley Books
Illustrations12 pages of stipple drawings, (mostly genitalia) in the text and a frontispiece plus 8 pages near the back of good colour photographs
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A nicely produced and useful guide to our Pyralids and Crambids.

The species accounts include: the adult, the genitalia where needed to confirm identification, similar species, its habits and phenology; the larva and distribution.

Drawings of male and female genitalia are provided for selected species of: Catoptria, Chrysocrambus, Scoparia, Eudonia, Pempeliella, Homoeosoma and Ephestia.

The colour frontispiece (by M.W.F.Tweedie) shows a selection of species in their natural resting positions.

The colour plates (by G.B.Senior) near the back depict a set specimen or two of each species. It’s perhaps a shame that the photographs could not be printed larger.

The work complements Skinner’s Macromoth volume.

Examine with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful)
Specimen PreparationMany can be identified while still alive, but pinned and set specimens may be easier. Some require gentalia preps.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentPYRALOIDEAgrass and meal mothsAnimalia: Lepidoptera
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