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Ghost moth articles by John Grehan


2003 Grehan, J. R. and J. E. Rawlins. Larval description of the New World ghost moth
          Phassus and the evolutionary biogeography of wood boring Hepialidae
          (Lepidoptera: Exoporia: Hepialoidea). Journal of the Washington Entomological 
          Society, 105: 733-755. scanned pdf copy
 1999 Craw, R.C., Grehan, J.R. & Heads, M.J. Case Study 1: vicarious moths. Pp. 95-97 in
          Craw, R.C., Grehan, J.R. & Heads, M.J. Panbiogeography: Tracking the History of 
          Life. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
1993 Tobi, D., J. R. Grehan, and B. L. Parker. Review of the ecological and economic 
          significance of forest Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Journal of Forest Ecology 
          and Management 56: 1-12.
1992 Grehan, J. R., B. L. Parker, D. L. Wagner, J. Rosovsky, and J. Aleong. Root damage 
          by the conifer swift moth: a mortality factor in montane red spruce regeneration. 
          Forest Science 38: 611-622.
1992 Leonard, J. G., J. R. Grehan, and B. L. Parker. First instar descriptions of Korscheltellus
          gracilis (Grote) and Sthenopis auratus (Grote) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) with 
          a consideration of cladistic relationships between setae. Journal of the New York 
          Entomological Society 100: 594-614.
1991 Grehan, J. R. A panbiogeographic perspective for pre-Cretaceous angiosperm-
          Lepidoptera evolution. Australian Systematic Botany 9: 91-110.
1989 Grehan, J. R. Larval feeding habits of the Hepialidae. Journal of Natural History 
          (British Museum) 33: 469-485.
1988 Grehan, J. R. Evolution of arboreal tunneling by the larvae of Aenetus (Lepidoptera: 
          Hepialidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14: 441-462.
1988 Grehan, J. R. Fungal and vascular plant polysaccharide digestion by larvae of 
          Aenetus virescens (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Entomologist 11: 57-67.
1988 Grehan, J. R. Life cycle of the wood-borer Aenetus virescens (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae).
          New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14: 209-217.
1984 Grehan, J. R., and P. J. Wigley. Fungal and bacterial diseases of Aenetus virescens 
          (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Entomologist 8: 61-63.
1984 Grehan, J. R., and B. H. Patrick. Bog inhabiting Hepialidae (Lepidoptera) of New 
          Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 8: 64-67.
1984 Grehan, J. R. The host range of Aenetus virescens (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and 
          its evolution. New Zealand Entomologist 8: 51-61. scanned pdf
1984 Grehan, J. R. Description of the male of the endemic New Caledonian species Aenetus 
          cohici (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 10: 285-288.
1983 Grehan, J. R., A. Moeed, and M. J. Meads. Observations on Trioxycanus enysii 
          (Butler) (sensu Meyrick, 1880) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) on Kapiti Island, New 
          Zealand, with a  description of larval chaetotaxy. New Zealand Entomologist 7: 408-
          413. scanned pdf
1983 Grehan, J. R. Record of Wiseana signata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) larvae in 
          sand dunes. New Zealand Entomologist 7: 417-418. scanned pdf
1983 Grehan, J. R. Larval establishment behaviour of the borer Aenetus virescens 
          (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) in live trees. New Zealand Entomologist 7: 413-417.
          scanned pdf
1982 Grehan, J. R.
Infection of Aenetus virescens larvae (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) by the 
          fungus Beauveria bassiana. New Zealand Entomologist 8: 61-63. scanned pdf
1981 Grehan, J. R. Morphological changes in the three-phase development of Aenetus 
          virescens larvae (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 505-
          514.
1979 Grehan, J. R. Larvae of Aenetus virescens (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) in decaying wood.
           New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 505-514.

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