Max Moulds

Research Fellow

Max Moulds with field assistants during a cicada collecting trip in remote upper Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea, 1996. Several new species were collected during this trip. Photo: M Humphrey.

Qualifications

Master of Science, Macquarie University
PhD, University of Sydney

Like many entomologists my interest in insects began when I was quite young. After a brief career in teaching I pursued my interest in entomology. In the early 1960s it was difficult to obtain insect collecting equipment in Australia. This led to me to establish Australian Entomological Supplies, a company that grew from very modest beginnings into a substantial supply house which I sold to its present owner, Alan Fraser, in 1972. Around this time there was a need for an entomological journal in Australia that catered for shorter research papers. To fill this gap I started Australian Entomological Magazine, a refereed journal with the first issue launched in time for the 14 th International Congress of Entomology being held in Australia in 1972. In 1988 I passed it to the Queensland Entomological Society and it now continues as the Australian Entomologist.

I had been a Research Associate of the Australian Museum for many years and in 1990 joined the permanent staff as Collection Manager of Entomology. I retired from this position in 2003 to undertake full time research and continue at the Museum as a Research Fellow.

Research Interests

Systematics and phylogeny of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
Cicada songs and acoustic mechanisms
Systematics and biology of Indo-Australian hawk moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
Systematics and biology of Australian butterflies
Australian entomological literature and history of Australian entomology

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phone: (+612) 9320 6221

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Max Moulds

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