The Witt Catalogue - A Taxonomic Atlas
of the Eurasian and North African
The Witt Catalogue - A Taxonomic Atlas
of the Eurasian and North African
Noctuoidea
Noctuoidea
An Iconography of all Eurasian and North African species of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera)
Mission
The evergreen complaint of both professional and non-professional entomologists is that they have simply no time andopportunity to trace the everyday changes in the literature and follow the continous increasing of the known fauna.Species described in scientific journals and books are often difficult to access and/or not affordable at all. Comprehensive literature (like the Seitz series of the early 20th century) covering large biogeographic regions becamerather out of date or simple missing. Since than not only the number of species described increased significantly butalso the techniques and standards in Lepidopterology improved so much that a publication of a new comprehensive seriesbecame unavoidable.- To carry out the taxonomic revision systematically of a species rich Lepidoptera superfamily Noctuoidea;
- To cover large part of the Old World fauna (Eurasia and temperate North Africa);
- To summarise and revise the morpho-taxonomic information available;
- To provide an update biogeography of Noctuoidea;
- To publish these informations on a very high standard at an affordable price.
- The series is planned to comprise ca 60 volumes hoped to be published in the forthcoming 25 years.