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The lepidoptera: form, function and diversity

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Part 1 Form and function: the adult head - feeding and sensation the adult thorax - astudy in function and effect the adult abdomen - segmentation and the genitalia juvenile stages communication - sound, hearing and scent environmental and ecological importance of Lepidoptera. Part 3 A guide to the major taxa: introduction to the Lepidopteran classification primitive moths early Heteroneura lower Ditrysia higher Ditrysia - macrolepidopterans.

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Part 1 Form and function: the adult head - feeding and sensation the adult thorax - astudy in function and effect the adult abdomen - segmentation and the genitalia juvenile stages communication - sound, hearing and scent environmental and ecological importance of Lepidoptera. Part 3 A guide to the major taxa: introduction to the Lepidopteran classification primitive moths early Heteroneura lower Ditrysia higher Ditrysia - macrolepidopterans.

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Part 1 Form and function: the adult head - feeding and sensation the adult thorax - astudy in function and effect the adult abdomen - segmentation and the genitalia juvenile stages communication - sound, hearing and scent environmental and ecological importance of Lepidoptera. Part 3 A guide to the major taxa: introduction to the Lepidopteran classification primitive moths early Heteroneura lower Ditrysia higher Ditrysia - macrolepidopterans.

Key concepts: Lepidoptera genitalia, Diversity (politics), Function (biology), Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Biology, Sociology, Anthropology

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