Owlet caterpillars of eastern North America /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Wagner, David L., 1956-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Noctuidae > East (U.S.) > Identification. Noctuidae > Canada, Eastern > Identification. Caterpillars > East (U.S.) > Identification. Caterpillars > Canada, Eastern > Identification. Insecta.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Birds and caterpillars (and climate change)
Importance of owlet caterpillars and adults. A note on nomenclature
Morphology
Larval diets
Finding caterpillars
Beating and sweeping
Collecting adults
Baiting. Wine ropes ; John Peacock's bait recipe
Bait trapping
Collecting, vouchering, and conservation
Feeding adults
Obtaining pairings
Obtaining and handling eggs
Rearing caterpillars
Sleeving
Overwintering larvae and pupae
Natural enemies. Exotic biological control agents ; Guest essay on owlet classification / Charles Mitter
Classification and nomenclature
About this book
Making identification. Transformers
Voucher data and specimens
Diagnosing owlet caterpillars
Keys to owlet larvae
Supplemental digital resources
Species accounts. Quadrifine owlets (Family Erebidae). Litter moths (Subfamily Herminiinae) ; Pangraptines (Subfamily Pangraptinae) ; Snouts (Subfamily Hypeninae) ; Straws (Subfamily Rivulinae) ; Scalloped moths (Subfamily Scoliopteryginae) [Caterpillar mimicry] ; Fruitpiercing moths (Subfamily Calpinae) ; Necklace moths (Subfamily Hypocalinae) ; Scolecocampines (Subfamily Scolecocampinae) ; Halflings (Subfamily Hypenodinae) ; Fungus moths (Subfamily Boletobiinae) ; Phytometrines (Subfamily Phytometrinae) ; Underwings, zales, witches, and kin (Subfamily Erebinae) [Dyar's rule] ; Eulepidotines (Subfamily Eulepidotinae)
Elves (Family Euteliidae)
Nolas and punkies (Family Nolidae). Nolas and punkies (Subfamily Nolinae) ; Chloephorines (Subfamily Chloephorines) ; Baileyas ( Subfamily Risobinae) ; Concanas and kin (Subfamily Collomeninae) ; Lichen punkies (Subfamily Afridinae)
Trifine owlets (Family Noctuidae). Loopers (Subfamily Plusiinae) ; Tumblers (Subfamily Bagisarinae) ; Resplendent moths (Subfamily Cydosiinae) ; Eustrotiines (Subfamily Eustrotiinae) ; Bird-dropping moths (Subfamily Acontiinae) ; Pantheas and yellowhorns (Subfamily Pantheinae) ; Hieroglyphic moths (Subfamily Diphtherinae) ; Brothers (Subfamily Dilobinae) ; Balsas (Subfamily Balsinae) ; Daggers (Subfamily Acronictinae) ; Foresters (Subfamily Agaristinae) ; Paints or hooded owlets (Subfamily Oncocnemidinae) ; Amphipyrines (Subfamily Amphipyrinae) ; Seedcoppers (Subfamily Stiriinae) ; Sun moths (Subfamily Heliothinae) ; Groundlings and kin (Subfamily Condicinae) ; Fern moths (Subfamily Eriopinae) ; Cutworms, lash-eyed sallows, sallows, and kin (Subfamily Noctuinae) [Puddling ; Moths and ears and bats ; Moth ear mites].