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Volume I: 384 pages, 16 color plates illustrating 645 specimens, 104 distribution maps, 50 black and white photos illustrating genitalia and adults, hardcover [17.5 x 24.7 cm]. Introductory text Italian/English; species accounts in Italian with English summaries: Type locality, Synonyms, Distribution, Foodplants, Habitat, Variation. This book handles 104 species of Geometridae, part of the Italian fauna. Volume II: 575 pages, 32 plates with 977 color photos; 99 black an white photos, 105 black and white distribution maps, hardcover [17.5 x 24.7 cm]. Second volume on the Italian moth subfamily Ennominae includes 40 genera with a total of 101 species for which are indicated: synonyms, general distribution, Italian distribution, phenology, food plants, vertical distribution and habitat, sexual dimorphism, variations, similar species, abstracts, bibliographic sources and unpublished data. For certain species taxonomic and new synonymic variations are also proposed, plus additions and corrections for Volume I published in 2007 are included.