FNZ 65 - Izatha (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae) - Contributor notes
Hoare, RJB 2010. Izatha (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae). Fauna of New Zealand 65, 201 pages.
(
ISSN 0111-5383 (print),
ISSN 1179-7193 (online)
;
no.
65.
ISBN 978-0-478-34724-1 (print),
ISBN 978-0-478-34725-8 (online)
).
Published 02 Sep 2010
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Contributor notes
Contributor Robert Hoare was born in Winchester in the south of England. He was educated at Eton, and then attended Oxford University where he completed a degree in Classics (Latin and Greek literature and philosophy). He followed this, logically enough, with a degree in Biological Sciences at Exeter University. An early interest in butterflies was fostered by his father Ian, who painstakingly reared many species through from egg to adult. The acquisition of a Robinson pattern mercury vapour moth trap at a formative point in life transformed him instantly into a mothman, after which he progressed inexorably towards the study of smaller and smaller moths, culminating in his PhD thesis on the Nepticulidae of Australia at the Australian National University in Canberra (nepticulids are the smallest moths of all). Since joining Landcare Research in 1998, Robert has concentrated his research efforts on slightly less tiny moths, especially those in the family Oecophoridae, but retains a broad interest in all Lepidoptera, particularly leaf-miners and detritus-feeders. More recently he has commenced a study of the New Zealand Noctuidae. Since 2000 he has lectured annually on systematic entomology at the University of Auckland, and also frequently gives talks to primary school children about insects. When not engaged in moth collecting, research, or teaching, Robert enjoys dancing, drawing, and composing light verse.