Moth books
I got two new books for Christmas today.
"The Lives of Moths" by Andrei Sourakov and Rachel Warren Chadd.
And
"Moths, a complete guide to biology and behavior" by David C. Lees and Alberto Zilli.
If you're looking for a gift for a fellow naturalist I'd recommend these.
List of things I have learned so far from reading these (I will take a while to keep updating this)
- The order Trichoptera (Caddisflies) is the closest related order of insects to the Lepidopterans.
Terminology like "Macroheterocera", which refers to Lepidopteran superfamilies that have branched off in
evolution as of 90 MYA. (Noctuoidea, Geometroidea , Lasiocampoidea, Bombycoidea and Drepanoidea).- Moths have lateral ocelli.
- The pupa of the Yellow-barred Longhorn have their antennae wrapped around their abdomen 4 times.
- The difference in how light is seen through Apposition eyes vs Superposition eyes.
- Moths in the Telethera genus have split compound eyes.