THE MOTHS OF BORNEO

BACKGROUND
The Moths of Borneo is a major part work production, estimated to run to 18 volumes covering all the 'macro' moths recorded from Borneo, currently estimated at some 5,590 species all of which are illustrated in colour. Sixteen parts have already been published, with 2 more to come (See Publication Schedule)

The work has been undertaken by Dr J D Holloway, who has been working on the subject for more than 25 years (See About the Author)

As a result of contacts with Universiti Sarawak Malaysia, ARBEC and The Natural History Museum, London as well as , the ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC) headed by Dr John MacKinnon, it was decided to put the whole work online.  So far all volumes published, except the most recent, Volume 17 have been put online. Volume 17 is likely to be put online towards the end of 2009. 

AIMS
The series is aimed at:

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Entomologists in tropical Asia and Australasia concerned with identification of Lepidoptera of importance to man in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, land management and conservation.
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Lepidoptera systematists world wide
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Museums
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University and school teachers in South East Asia concerned with taxonomy and identification in biology and natural history.
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Amateurs interested in the moths of the area.

 The work provides:

  • Diagnoses of all Bornean species, a high proportion of which are found throughout the Oriental tropics

  • Diagnoses of the majority of crop pests occurring in the Indo-Australian humid tropics 

  • Diagnoses of a high proportion of genera and species of forestry pests in the same area

  • A review of the biology of the species or genera where known

  • A major facility for self help for agriculturists, foresters, conservationists, museum curators and teachers within South East Asia

  • Guidance for quarantine officers intercepting produce from the Asian tropics, and for those within the area for the identification of intercepts as alien rather than local

  • The stability of nomenclature of important species that is essential for input and retrieval in computer databases

  • A foundation for the recuration or development of local collections used to support applied entomology in the area

  • A foundation work from which more strictly applied studies can be developed.  Its value is that these can be developed locally with less recourse to overseas services.

INTERROGATION FACILITIES
The following interrogation facilities have been/are being introduced.

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List of foodplants by moth superfamily, family and genus.  Facility to enable users to interrogate the data-base via boolean logic to obtain findings which fit their exact requirement. In this connection see also The National History Museum Lepidoptera Foodplant website on www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/hostplants.
2. Indices. 
Volume indices and cumulative index are being prepared. The cumulative index to the whole work, together with references to major name changes since the earlier volumes first appeared, will be published in volume 2, which will be the last to be published. 

If there are any other interrogation facilities you would like to added, please email hsbar@pc.jaring.my with details.

Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks will take you to the following websites containing material which you will also find of relevance.

They are:

* Robinson's foodplant database
* Friends of the Natural History Museum
* Natural History Museum website

When you have perused the data-base, please turn to our comments (hyperlink) section and let us have your views and ideas for improvement.

We wish you happy browsing on The Moths of Borneo online.


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