Contributor notes
Hoare, R.J.B. 2019. Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Part 2, Nivetica, Ichneutica. 80, 455 pages.
(
ISSN 0111-5383 (print),
ISSN 1179-7193 (online)
;
no.
80.
ISBN 978-0-947525-67-5 (print),
ISBN 978-0-947525-68-2 (online)
).
Published 9 December 2019
ZooBank: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:371D4628-CC5F-4B1B-9E4B-B37563F04A34
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7931/J2/FNZ.80
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 of the family Xyloryctidae, but retains a broad interest in all Lepidoptera, particularly leaf-miners and detritus-feeders. He is currently engaged in a major study of the New Zealand Noctuidae. From 2000 to 2010 he lectured annually on systematic entomology at the University of Auckland, and he often gives talks to primary school children about moths and other insects. In 2014, he produced a popular guide to New Zealand moths and butterflies through New Holland Publishers, with photographs of living moths by Olivier Ball. He aims to foster a wider interest in moths throughout New Zealand so that we can learn much more about these neglected creatures, so many of which are endemic to this country and perform a significant role in our unique ecosystems.
I whanau mai te kaituhi, a Robert Hoare i Winchester, ki te taha tonga o Ingarangi. I whai ia i te mātauranga i Eton, ka haere ki te Whare Wānanga o Oxford, ki te whakatutuki ana i tana tohu mātauranga Classics (ngā pukapuka kōrero a te Rātini me te Kariki, me te wānanga whakaaro). Nō muri ka whāia e ia tana tohu mātauranga Pūtaiao Koiora i te Whare Wānanga o Exeter. I tōna ohinga ka oho tana ngākau ki te pūrerehua, ka atawhaitia tēnei āhua e tana matua, a Ian, ko tāna nei mahi he āta whakatipu i ētahi momo pūrerehua maha tonu, mai i te hua, ā pūrerehua rawa. E ohi tonu ana ia ka whiwhi ia i tētahi tāwhiti whai rama tākohu konuoi nō te tauira a Robinson, whakakau ake ko te tangata pēpepe. Whai muri mai ka tahuri ia ki te mātai pēpepe iti, ka moroiti kē atu, ka moroiti kē atu ngā pēpepe i mātaihia e ia. Ko te hua o ēnei mahi ko tana Tohu Kairangi e pā ana ki te Nepticulidae o Ahitereira i te Australian National University i Kānapera (ko te nepticulid ngā pēpepe iti katoa). Mai i tana hononga mai ki Manaaki Whenua i te tau 1998, kua arotahi ngā mahi rangahau a Robert ki te pēpepe kāore i tino moroiti, me te aro nui ki te whānau Xyloryctidae, engari e ngākaunui tonu ana ia ki ngā Lepidoptera katoa, me te aro nui ki ēra momo he kai pūtautau rau te iro, me nga mea kai popo. I tēnei wā e mātai ana ia i ngā Noctuidae o Aotearoa. Mai i te 2000 ki te 2010 i kauhau ia tau a ia mō te mātai pepeke nahanaha i te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki-makau-rau, ka mutu he rite tonu tana kōrero ki ngā tamariki kura tuatahi mō te pēpepe me ētahi atu pepeke. I te tau 2014 ka puta i a ia tana tānga mō ngā pēpepe me ngā pūrerehua o Aotearoa, i tāia nei e New Holland Publishers. Ko ngā whakaahua o ngā pēpepe ora nā Olivier ball. Ko tana whāinga ko te whakaoho i te ngākau tangata ki ngā pēpepe o Aotearoa, kia ako ai tātou mō ngā pepeke nei, ko te maha atu nō tēnei whenua taketake ake, ka mutu he wāhi nui kei a rātou ki te tiaki i ā tātou pūnaha hauropi.