description: Hardbound. This work gives an overview of the Yponomeutinae (Lepidoptera) of the World exclusive of the Americas comprising 231 species (including four fossil species) classified in 25 genera. Descriptions and drawings of the genitalia of 22 species are given for the first time. A brief historical overview of the work on the Yponomeutinae, descriptions of the main morphological and behavioural characters are presented. A list of the geographical distribution of the genera and a comprehensive list of host plants exclusively based on information of larval feeding of the Yponomeutinae are given. Keys are included to the genera and to the Yponomeuta species. The work is illustrated by 263 line drawings of genitalia, wing patters and other structures, 3 colour plates with imagines of 62 species and 6 plates with black and white photographs of genitalia of 20 species. Comprehensive references and two indexes complete the work.
language: English
title: The Yponomeutinae, Lepidoptera of the World Exclusive of the Americas
titlecomplete: The Yponomeutinae, Lepidoptera of the World Exclusive of the Americas (Verhandelingen Der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen, Afd. Natuurkunde, Tweede Reeks , Vol 99)
publisher: Royal Netherlands Academy of