The oak in Europe is liable to injury from a great variety of insect enemies: the young wood is attacked by the larvae of the small stag-beetle and several other Coleoptera, and those of the wood-leopard moth, goat moth and other Lepidoptera feed upon it occasionally; the foliage is devoured by innumerable larvae; indeed, it has been stated that half the plant-eating insects of England prey more or less upon the oak, and in some seasons it is difficult to find a leaf perfectly free from their depredations. [Please select]
0
Wallace, with Descriptions of New Species 77 Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera collected at Singapore by Mr. [Please select]
0
How long I shall remain is problematical, as I have not yet completed my investigation of the Lepidoptera of tropical countries. [Please select]
0
] Lepidoptera (caterpillars) stand next to Coleoptera (beetles) in the animal diet of the wood thrush. [Please select]
0
An introduction to the study of the Micro-lepidoptera has also been added. [Please select]
0
CLASSIFICATION OF THE LEPIDOPTERA 55 PART II _WORK AT HOME AND IN THE FIELD_ VI. [Please select]
0
The latter are described a little later on under the head 'Rearing Lepidoptera,' and the former we will now briefly summarise. [Please select]
0
It is this characteristic structure of the wings that gives to the great order of butterflies and moths its name Lepidoptera, meaning scale-winged. [Please select]