The first complete reference to the taxonomy, nomenclature and classification of the entire described Australian lepidoptera. Contains an introduction with a detailed guide to users, a review of the higher classification of the lepidoptera, a short introduction to each family, a complete systematic listing of all valid generic and specific names with their synonyms, major misspellings and important misidentifications, comprehensive notes to each family, deliberately introduced species, a complete index and a CD-ROM containing all the actual checklist text files in ASCII format.