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Title: The Coconut Moth in Fiji: A History of Its Control by Means of Parasites.
Description: London Imperial Bureau of Entomology, Government of Fiji, 1930. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, good condition, black boards, figures, black & white & colour plates, frontispiece colour map, boards minimally rubbed & marked, inner hinge little split (pages firm), spine little slack, edges & pages faintly toned, small scuff mark title page & front flyleaf, gum residue inside front cover (label removal), minor edgewear. Heavy (1.4 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 269 pp. This book by J. D. Tothill is about the control by parasites of the purple moth known as Levuana iridescens, B.B., which was destroying the leaves of coconuts and reducing the production of copra in Fiji, in 1924. The many drawings and plates make this a good volume to add to a nature collection. (Plus unnumbered pages of plates at rear.). ISBN: 00089

Keywords: nature, insects, entomology, biosciences, biology, biological control, rural, history, pacific, fiji, collectible, collectable 00089

Price: AUD 60.00 = appr. US$ 41.51 Seller: Bookhome Sydney
- Book number: 25419

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