Language: Italian
Covers 9 families of Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Dilobidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Endromidae, Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Saturniidae and Sphingidae, some 71 genera and 127 species. For every species there is a distribution map, plus details of its distribution in the world as a whole, and details are also given of the differences between the sexes (both are illustrated), variations, and similar species.