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Abt]Ndaiyce in Norih.Easiern Botswaiva. By THE NATIIRAL HISTORY Oß Imbrøsíø belína (lVestwood) (LEPIDOPTERA: SATIIRIUDAE), AND SOME Ì'ACTORS AFT'ECTING ITS ABT]NDAIYCE IN NORIH.EASIERN BOTSWAIVA. BY MARKS K. DITLHOCIO A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment ofthe Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department ofZoology Universþ ofManitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba (c) January, 1996 \flonarLibrarv Bibliothèque nationale l*l du Canada Acquisitions and Direction des acquisitions et Bibliographic Services Branch des services bibliographiques 395 Wellington Street 395, rue Wellington Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa (Ontario) K1A ON4 K1A ON4 Yout l¡le Volrc élércnce Ou l¡le Nolrc rélérence The author has granted an L'auteur a accordé une licence irrevocable non-exclus¡ve licence irrévocable et non exclus¡ve allowing the National Library of permettant à la Bibliothèque Canada to reproduce, loan, nationale du Canada de distribute or sell cop¡es of reproduire, prêter, distribuer ou his/her thesis by any means and vendre des copies de sa thèse in any form or format, making de quelque manière et sous this thesis available to interested quelque forme que ce soit pour persons. mettre des exemplaires de cette thèse à la disposition des person nes intéressées. 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DITI,EOGO A Thesis subnitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies of the University of Manitoba in partial fulfiilment of the requirenents of the degree of DOCTOR OF PEILOSOPÐT @ 1996 Permission has been granted to the LIBRARY OF THE UNTVERSITY OF MANITOBA to lend or sell copies of this thesis, to the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA to microfilnn this thesis and to lend or sell copies of the film, and LIBRARY MICROEILMS to publish an abstract of this thesis. The author reseryes other publicafion rights, and neither the thesis nor extensive extracts f¡om it may be printed or other-wise reproduced without the author/s written perrnission. Table of Contents Page Abstract üi Acknowledgements ...... iv ListofTables... .... v ListofFigures.. vi ListofPlates... vüi Chapter l. General Introduction and Literature Review . I Generallntroduction ....1 LiteratureReview ....... 3 Objectives .......8 References ......10 ChapterZ.TheNaturalHistoryoflmbrasiabelins(Westwood) . ...
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