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18 Mar 15 new species of SE Arizona noctuids [Bruce Walsh ] 18 Mar 15 new species of SE Arizona noctuids [Bruce Walsh ] 18 Mar SYSTEMATICS OF NEW WORLD MACRO-MOTHS II [Bruce Walsh ] 18 Mar SYSTEMATICS OF NEW WORLD MACRO-MOTHS II [Bruce Walsh ] 17 Mar Re: Forum Herbulot at the McGuire Center, June 22-23 ["Charles V Covell Jr." ] 17 Mar Tropical Butterfly Ecology course -- May 2010 [Bruce Walsh ] 17 Mar Tropical Butterfly Ecology course -- May 2010 [Bruce Walsh ] 17 Mar AP: Gypsy moths and heavy rains causing problems in South Carolina [Mike Quinn ] 17 Mar Butterflies of Puerto Rico (Pérez-Asso et al. 2009) [Mike Quinn ] 16 Mar Re: NYT: Discovery of European grapevine moth leads to quarantine of 162 sq mi in Napa Valley [Mike Quinn ] 16 Mar NYT: Discovery of European grapevine moth leads to quarantine of 162 sq mi in Napa Valley [Mike Quinn ] 13 Mar Re: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change [Neil Jones ] 13 Mar Re: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change [Mike Quinn ] 8 Mar FW: large-scale digitization of specimens ["Gall, Lawrence" ] 5 Mar New Lepidoptera List ["Gary Anweiler" ] 2 Mar New Lep book [Bruce Walsh ] 2 Mar New Lep book [Bruce Walsh ] 16 Feb Valentine Butterflies ["Walker, Mark" ] 12 Feb Re: FW: OTS course Tropical Butterfly Ecology 14-28 May 2010 [Bruce Walsh ] 12 Feb FW: OTS course Tropical Butterfly Ecology 14-28 May 2010 ["Wagner, David" ] 2 Feb New book about Ecuadorian butterflies ["Checa,Maria V" ] 04 Jan Caterpillar on Ipomopsis? ["Matthew Shepherd (Xerces Society)" ] 23 Dec ID help on Bebearia sp ["Tom Middagh" ] 15 Dec Congratulations Andy Warren! [Kim Davis ] 09 Dec Silver-spotted Skipper [Gary J Sibio ] 2 Dec RE: Pacific Grove Prunes Monarch Cluster Trees [Roger Kuhlman ] 01 Dec Pacific Grove Prunes Monarch Cluster Trees [Paul Cherubini ] 30 Nov 6th International Butterfly Conference call for contributed submissions [Felix Sperling ] 24 Nov Announcing the 2010 Lep Course! [Bruce Walsh ] 24 Nov Announcing the 2010 Lep Course! [Bruce Walsh ] 16 Nov Free scientific name spelling checker [] 12 Nov 2010 native bee calendar -- buy your copy now! ["Matthew Shepherd (Xerces Society)" ] 3 Nov FWD: McGuire Center, Asst. Curator Lepidoptera ["Gall, Lawrence" ] 30 Oct Re: FWD: Lepidoptera Collections Manager position [JOHN B HILLIS ] 30 Oct FWD: Lepidoptera Collections Manager position ["Gall, Lawrence" ] 18 Oct Hodge's List [Hugh McGuinness ] 18 Oct Noctua pronuba in SE Arizona [Bruce Walsh ] 18 Oct Noctua pronuba in SE Arizona [Bruce Walsh ] 18 Oct Seeking samples of coffee leaf miner (Leucoptera coffeella) [Kim Williams-Guillén ] 18 Oct Hodges List [Hugh McGuinness ] 16 Sep seeking Helicoverpa armigera specimens ["Holder, Peter" ] 15 Sep Dr. Richard Stringer [] 12 Sep RE: No one objects to the mass killing of Wasps for ID purposes [] 12 Sep Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon ["jim taylor" ] 11 Sep Re: No one objects to the mass killing of Wasps for ID purposes [Paul Cherubini ] 11 Sep Re: No one objects to the mass killing of Wasps for ID purposes [Paul Cherubini ] 11 Sep Re: Correction: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon ["Jonathan Sylvestre" ] 11 Sep No one objects to the mass killing of Wasps for ID purposes [Paul Cherubini ] 11 Sep RE: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon ["Hageman, Daniel" ] 11 Sep Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon [Mexicodoug ] 11 Sep Re: Correction: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon [Paul Cherubini ] 11 Sep Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon [Royce J Bitzer ] 11 Sep Correction: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon [Carolyn King ] 11 Sep Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon [Carolyn King ] 11 Sep Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon [Paul Cherubini ] 11 Sep Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon [Carolyn King ] 11 Sep Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon [Mexicodoug ] 10 Sep The lep course [Bruce Walsh ] 10 Sep Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon [Alan Wormington ] 10 Sep The lep course [Bruce Walsh ] 10 Sep Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon [Paul Cherubini ] 6 Sep APB_Acontia dacia ["Wagner, David" ] 21 Aug Passing of Bill Howe ["Jim Mason" ] 15 Aug Fwd: black witch moth - Boise Idaho - 14-VIII-2009 [Mike Quinn ] 4 Aug RE: Another new butterfly for Sri Lanka [Andrew Warren ] 05 Aug Another new butterfly for Sri Lanka [Michael and Nancy van der Poorten ] 3 Aug Re: [Fwd: Authoritative Identification of Anisota cf. virginiensis] ["Charles V Covell Jr." ] 03 Aug No Subject [Tim Cashatt ] 26 Jul Fwd: Black Witch Moth - Atlanta, GA - Jul 26, 2009 [Mike Quinn ] 16 Jul FW: SDMNH entomology position ["Gall, Lawrence" ] 13 Jul Free scientific name spelling checker [] 4 Jul Re: Very important new moth paper! ["Don Lafontaine" ] 4 Jul Re: Very important new moth paper! [Bruce Walsh ] 4 Jul Re: Very important new moth paper! [Bruce Walsh ] 4 Jul Re: Very important new moth paper! [Thomas Carr ] 4 Jul Powell Opler Western Moth Book ["Gary Anweiler" ] Subject: 15 new species of SE Arizona noctuids From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:24:43 -0700 Zookeys 39 describes 15 new species of noctuids from SE Arizona (and two associated new genera). Here's a list: New genera: Pseudodoarimatha Ferris and Lafontaine 2010 Anhypotrix Lafontaine, Ferris and Walsh 2010 new species Baniana minor Lafontaine and Walsh 2010 Catocala caesia Hawks 2010 Marimatha piscimala Ferris and Lafontaine 2010 Marimatha squala Ferris and Lafontaine 2010 Marimatha quadrata Ferris and Lafontaine 2010 Pseudodoarimatha falva Ferris and Lafontaine 2010 Charadra franclemonti Schmidt and Anweiler 2010 Charadra tapa Schmidt and Anweiler 2010 Bryolymnia marti Holland 2010 Bryolymnia mixta Lafontaine and Walsh 2010 Bryolymnia biformata Lafontaine and Walsh 2010 Hypotrix basistriga Lafontaine, Ferris and Walsh 2010 Hypotrix naglei Lafontaine, Ferris and Walsh 2010 Hypotrix ocularis Lafontaine, Ferris and Walsh 2010 Hypotrix rubra Lafontaine, Ferris and Walsh 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: 15 new species of SE Arizona noctuids From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:24:43 -0700 Zookeys 39 describes 15 new species of noctuids from SE Arizona (and two associated new genera). Here's a list: New genera: Pseudodoarimatha Ferris and Lafontaine 2010 Anhypotrix Lafontaine, Ferris and Walsh 2010 new species Baniana minor Lafontaine and Walsh 2010 Catocala caesia Hawks 2010 Marimatha piscimala Ferris and Lafontaine 2010 Marimatha squala Ferris and Lafontaine 2010 Marimatha quadrata Ferris and Lafontaine 2010 Pseudodoarimatha falva Ferris and Lafontaine 2010 Charadra franclemonti Schmidt and Anweiler 2010 Charadra tapa Schmidt and Anweiler 2010 Bryolymnia marti Holland 2010 Bryolymnia mixta Lafontaine and Walsh 2010 Bryolymnia biformata Lafontaine and Walsh 2010 Hypotrix basistriga Lafontaine, Ferris and Walsh 2010 Hypotrix naglei Lafontaine, Ferris and Walsh 2010 Hypotrix ocularis Lafontaine, Ferris and Walsh 2010 Hypotrix rubra Lafontaine, Ferris and Walsh 2010 Subject: SYSTEMATICS OF NEW WORLD MACRO-MOTHS II From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:01:16 -0700 A major collection of new papers on moths just appeared today, which contains papers of significant importance for moth collectors all over North America. The good news is that it is free on line, at http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal Contents ZooKeys 39 (2010) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SYSTEMATICS OF NEW WORLD MACRO-MOTHS II Edited by B. Christian Schmidt & J. Donald Lafontaine A review of the subfamily Anobinae with the description of a new species of Baniana Walker from North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Anobinae) Donald Lafontaine, Bruce Walsh Review of the Catocala delilah species complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) David C. Hawks Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the Nearctic fauna, with a revised synonymic check list Lawrence F. Gall,David C. Hawks A new genus and species for Dysgonia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae) from Southeastern United States Bolling Sullivan Taxonomic reassessment of Zale lunifera (Hübner) (Erebidae, Erebinae) Christian Schmidt Larva and pupa of Amyna axis (Guenee, 1852) and affirmation of its taxonomic placement in Bagisarinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) David L. Wagner, Shawn Binns Review of the North American species of Marimatha Walker with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eustrotiinae) and the description of Pseudomarimatha flava (Noctuinae, Elaphriini), a new genus and species confused with Marimatha Clifford D. Ferris, Donald Lafontaine Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Donald Lafontaine, Robert W. Poole The North American species of Charadra Walker, with a revision of the Charadra pata (Druce) group (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) Christian Schmidt, Gary Anweiler Cucullia umbratica (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a new European noctuid in North America Louis Handfield, Daniel Handfield A revision of the genus Bryolymnia Hampson in North America with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Elaphriini) Donald Lafontaine, Bruce Walsh, Richard W. Holland Review of the Nearctic species of Enargia Hubner, [1821] (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini) Christian Schmidt A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenee in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini) Donald Lafontaine,Clifford D. Ferris, Bruce Walsh Two new species of the Euxoa westermanni species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae) Donald Lafontaine, James T. Troubridge New species of the Neotropical genus Campatonema Jones (Geometridae, Ennominae) with the first description of the female Bolling Sullivan ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: SYSTEMATICS OF NEW WORLD MACRO-MOTHS II From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:01:16 -0700 A major collection of new papers on moths just appeared today, which contains papers of significant importance for moth collectors all over North America. The good news is that it is free on line, at http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal Contents ZooKeys 39 (2010) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SYSTEMATICS OF NEW WORLD MACRO-MOTHS II Edited by B. Christian Schmidt & J. Donald Lafontaine A review of the subfamily Anobinae with the description of a new species of Baniana Walker from North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Anobinae) Donald Lafontaine, Bruce Walsh Review of the Catocala delilah species complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) David C. Hawks Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the Nearctic fauna, with a revised synonymic check list Lawrence F. Gall,David C. Hawks A new genus and species for Dysgonia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae) from Southeastern United States Bolling Sullivan Taxonomic reassessment of Zale lunifera (Hübner) (Erebidae, Erebinae) Christian Schmidt Larva and pupa of Amyna axis (Guenee, 1852) and affirmation of its taxonomic placement in Bagisarinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) David L. Wagner, Shawn Binns Review of the North American species of Marimatha Walker with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eustrotiinae) and the description of Pseudomarimatha flava (Noctuinae, Elaphriini), a new genus and species confused with Marimatha Clifford D. Ferris, Donald Lafontaine Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Donald Lafontaine, Robert W. Poole The North American species of Charadra Walker, with a revision of the Charadra pata (Druce) group (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) Christian Schmidt, Gary Anweiler Cucullia umbratica (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a new European noctuid in North America Louis Handfield, Daniel Handfield A revision of the genus Bryolymnia Hampson in North America with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Elaphriini) Donald Lafontaine, Bruce Walsh, Richard W. Holland Review of the Nearctic species of Enargia Hubner, [1821] (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini) Christian Schmidt A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenee in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini) Donald Lafontaine,Clifford D. Ferris, Bruce Walsh Two new species of the Euxoa westermanni species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae) Donald Lafontaine, James T. Troubridge New species of the Neotropical genus Campatonema Jones (Geometridae, Ennominae) with the first description of the female Bolling Sullivan Subject: Re: Forum Herbulot at the McGuire Center, June 22-23 From: "Charles V Covell Jr." <covell AT louisville.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:51:08 -0400 You are invited to attend a bi-annual, international conference of geometrid moth and other Lepidoptera amateurs and professionals at the McGuire Center, Gainesville, FL, on June 22 and 23. It was founded by Dr. Axel Hausmann of the State Museum of Bavaria, Germany, in 2000, and this is its first time in North America. Afterwards we will have Florida collecting trips for 3 days and nights, and some will go on a week's collecting trip to Honduras (led by me). I am attaching an informational brochure. Please note: while the Geometridae are the main focus, we welcome talks on any Lepidoptera-related subject. Please email me if interested at: covell AT louisville.edu. In any case, I hope to see you in Leavenworth, WA on July 8! Cheers, Charlie Subject: Tropical Butterfly Ecology course -- May 2010 From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:25:35 -0700 *** OPEN ENROLLMENT – spaces still available*** Tropical Butterfly Ecology This 2-week course is for advanced graduate students interested in conducting tropical field studies on butterflies. The course will focus on the Costa Rican Atlantic rainforest fauna, and include work at the La Selva Biological Station and the Tirimbina Biological Reserve – both sites share a diverse assemblage of Neotropical butterflies, including many species that extend well into South America. The major thrust of this course will be natural history and identification of butterfly adults and early stages. We will focus on behavior, diversity, ecological and evolutionary patterns, symbiotic associations, ecophysiology, quantitative sampling techniques, experimental design, and as well, the pleasures of conducting research on tropical insects. The course combines lectures, hands-on field exploration, and major efforts on the part of students to understand and apply quantitative observational and sampling procedures in the field. The course will stress developing rigorous natural history questions from field observations. Faculty: Dr. Phil DeVries, University of New Orleans Dr. Bruce Walsh, University of Arizona Guest faculty: Isidro Chacon, Costa Rica National Museum and National Biodiversity Institute (INBIO) Dates: May 14-28, 2010 Application Deadline: February 16, 2010 for priority admission followed by open enrollment until filled. Tuition: OTS consortium applicants - $2,000; non-member applicants $2,500 Partial need-based scholarships are available; priority given to OTS consortium and Latin American applicants. Students: graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other interested professionals For More information: consult the OTS website at www.ots.duke.edu or contact barbara.lewis AT ots.ac.cr ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Tropical Butterfly Ecology course -- May 2010 From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:25:35 -0700 *** OPEN ENROLLMENT – spaces still available*** Tropical Butterfly Ecology This 2-week course is for advanced graduate students interested in conducting tropical field studies on butterflies. The course will focus on the Costa Rican Atlantic rainforest fauna, and include work at the La Selva Biological Station and the Tirimbina Biological Reserve – both sites share a diverse assemblage of Neotropical butterflies, including many species that extend well into South America. The major thrust of this course will be natural history and identification of butterfly adults and early stages. We will focus on behavior, diversity, ecological and evolutionary patterns, symbiotic associations, ecophysiology, quantitative sampling techniques, experimental design, and as well, the pleasures of conducting research on tropical insects. The course combines lectures, hands-on field exploration, and major efforts on the part of students to understand and apply quantitative observational and sampling procedures in the field. The course will stress developing rigorous natural history questions from field observations. Faculty: Dr. Phil DeVries, University of New Orleans Dr. Bruce Walsh, University of Arizona Guest faculty: Isidro Chacon, Costa Rica National Museum and National Biodiversity Institute (INBIO) Dates: May 14-28, 2010 Application Deadline: February 16, 2010 for priority admission followed by open enrollment until filled. Tuition: OTS consortium applicants - $2,000; non-member applicants $2,500 Partial need-based scholarships are available; priority given to OTS consortium and Latin American applicants. Students: graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other interested professionals For More information: consult the OTS website at www.ots.duke.edu or contact barbara.lewis AT ots.ac.cr Subject: AP: Gypsy moths and heavy rains causing problems in South Carolina From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:40:09 -0500 Need for wood highlights US insect problems (AP) – 6 hours ago COLUMBIA, S.C. — Months of heavy rains throughout the South are forcing International Paper Co. to look beyond its usual suppliers for wood for its central South Carolina mill and turn to places that are known to have tree-destroying gypsy moths. The extensive steps federal regulators are requiring the company to take to make sure the pests don't get a foothold in the region highlight just how worrisome the moths are. The Forest Service says gypsy moths defoliate a million acres of trees each year in the U.S. Repeated defoliation can permanently damage or kill trees. South Carolina does not have the moths; Virginia, New York and Massachusetts — places International Paper is turning to for wood — do. "We don't want gypsy moths in South Carolina," said Laurie Reid, entomologist with the state Forestry Commission. "We've had small outbreaks where egg masses get transferred down somehow. ... It's something that can easily happen." All or part of 20 states from Maine to Wisconsin to the northeastern corner of North Carolina are under gypsy moth quarantine. That means items from Christmas trees to recreational vehicles — anything that can host an egg mass — has to be inspected or given special handling instructions before being moved from the quarantine area. International Paper said wood from Virginia, New York and Massachusetts will be inspected twice for egg masses before train cars head to South Carolina. Eggs will either be removed or the wood will be removed from the shipment. Workers at the South Carolina mill will do a third inspection and destroy any egg masses they find, said Richard Shaw, director of fiber supply for Memphis, Tenn.-based International Paper. Full: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iwG3SJo8rexh1AavcVIK8vnIPgkAD9EG7VE01 or: http://bit.ly/bFo3Y5 ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Butterflies of Puerto Rico (Pérez-Asso et al. 2009) From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:02:19 -0500 New field guide: Las Mariposas de Puerto Rico / Butterflies of Puerto Rico This book is a first in that, with color plates and photographs, it focuses on the diversity and natural history of the butterflies of Puerto Rico and its adjacent islands. It employs the most up-to-date scientific names; provides well-organized color plates that facilitate the rapid identification of the 102 butterfly species; publishes for the first time ever photographs of butterflies as they behave in the wild; and catalogues the plants on which caterpillars feed. This book aims to increase knowledge of butterflies and contribute to their conservation. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTPRKkwgzNI&feature=player_embedded "...what a great book for youngsters, students, and researchers in Puerto Rico and beyond. This book will increase appreciation of the natural world..." Robert K. Robbins Research Entomologist Smithsonian Institution Order this book at www.mariposasdepuertorico.webs.com Title: Butterflies of Puerto Rico Authors: Antonio R. Pérez-Asso, Julio A. Genaro, Orlando H. Garrido ISBN: 0-9822388-0-0, 9-780982-238806 Price: $25.00 + $5 Shipping and Handling in USA Publication date: December 2009 Genre: Science/Natural History Page count: 140 p Trim size: 8 1/2 x 11 Paperback Language: Bilingual Spanish/English Publisher: Editorial Cocuyo Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: NYT: Discovery of European grapevine moth leads to quarantine of 162 sq mi in Napa Valley From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:40:06 -0500 See more detailed article in the San Fran Chron: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/11/MN8I1CDPMV.DTL On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Mike Quinn wrote: > Grapevine Moth Forces Quarantine for Part of Napa Valley By MALIA WOLLANPublished: March 12, 2010 > > BERKELEY, Calif. — The state’s most lucrative crop, grapes, has yet another > insect enemy. > > > > Full: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/us/13moth.html?src=me > > Mike Quinn, Austin > ________________ > Texas Entomology > http://texasento.net > Subject: NYT: Discovery of European grapevine moth leads to quarantine of 162 sq mi in Napa Valley From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:35:26 -0500 Grapevine Moth Forces Quarantine for Part of Napa ValleyBy MALIA WOLLANPublished: March 12, 2010 BERKELEY, Calif. — The state’s most lucrative crop, grapes, has yet another insect enemy. The California Department of Food and Agriculture quarantined 162 square miles in Napa Valley on Tuesday in an effort to stop the spread of the European grapevine moth, the newest threat to grapes and other fruit. The moth was discovered in a vineyard insect trap in September, the first appearance by the species in the United States, the department said. The larvae feed mainly on grape flowers and young grapes but can also damage some 21 other crops including olives, kiwis and persimmons. A native of Italy, the moth has caused crop damage across Europe, as well as in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The European grapevine moth is the latest in a spate of invasive insects to hammer California’s wine industry, including the light brown apple moth and the glassy-winged sharpshooter. Because of its preferred fare, the moth has grape growers particularly worried. State agricultural officials have set up some 2,500 traps across Napa Valley to capture the moths, said Jennifer Putnam, director of Napa Valley Grapegrowers, a nonprofit trade group, which is helping to coordinate the response. In the next several weeks, dispensers containing the pheromones of female moths will go into the fields to confuse the males and disrupt the insects from mating. Long-term eradication and management plans are still being worked out, Ms. Putnam said. “The time to get this pest is now,” she said. “This spring is critical.” Full: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/us/13moth.html?src=me Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net Subject: Re: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change From: Neil Jones <neil AT nwjones.demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:29:23 +0000 Mike Quinn wrote: > Second attempt.... > > (Pardon the cross posts. Mike Quinn, Austin) > > Feb 24, 2010 > A home from home: saving species from climate change > > I think this is the one you need. I am aware of Dr Parmesan's work due to my interest in Checkerspots. She is rather a big cheese in that research area. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/12/saving-species-climate-change Picture an elephant in the wild, making its stately progress across the ­savannah, tall grass bending ­beneath its feet. Now ­transplant that image to the American prairie. In one of the most startling new ideas to emerge about ­climate change , a leading conservation biologist is calling for plants and wildlife facing extinction to be saved simply by picking them up and moving them. Camille Parmesan, a butterfly ­biologist at the University of Texas at Austin, has been monitoring the effects of rapid climate change on ­species – particularly those threatened because they cannot adapt to or ­escape from rising temperatures – for more than a decade now. But her idea for a modern day's Noah's ark remains hugely controversial. "The idea is that, for certain ­species at very high risk of extinction due to climate change, we should actively pick them up and move them to ­suitable locations that are outside their historic range," she tells me in her ­office at the university campus, near the biology laboratory in which she and her ­husband keep myriad caterpillar samples in the cold store. Her proposals, once confined to a handful of scientists, are now getting a broader airing as governments begin to grapple with the enormous problem of how to insulate animal and plant life from a warming climate. Shortly after appearing in the Atlantic magazine's list of "brave thinkers of the age ", ­Parmesan ­lobbied negotiators, ­environmental ­activists and scientists at last ­December's climate change summit in Copenhagen to start drawing up plans to move animals that are most at risk. She is, not ­surprisingly, frustrated and angry with the failure of governments to cut the ­emissions that cause climate change. After the ­subsequent ­discovery of a false claim about melting Himalayan ­glaciers by the UN's climate body the IPCC, Parmesan also stresses that conservationists should not fall into a pattern of reflexively blaming climate change for each and every decline in wildlife. However, she ­remains convinced of the dangers to the world's animals from a rapidly warming atmosphere. Scientists have long believed that 20% to 30% of all known ­species of land animal, bird and fish could become extinct because of climate change. But recent studies, based on more elevated temperature ­projections, have suggested an even greater rate of die-off – 40% to 70% – as heatwaves, drought and the increasing acidification of the oceans drive animals from their native ­habitats and destroy their food supply. The sheer scale of threatened ­extinctions have forced conservationists to rethink what was once dismissed as an outlandish notion. And it's got Parmesan thinking about elephants . . . To date, there is little evidence about how climate change – rather than traditional threats such as poaching or growing urbanisation – is affecting the grasslands where these majestic creatures live in the wild. "But at some point, I think we might want to think about moving them around," ­Parmesan says. She has already been pushing for efforts to regenerate America's prairie grasslands in parts of Texas and the mid-west, by bringing in big grazing animals. There are fossils to suggest there were elephants in North America tens of thousands of years ago. So why not transplant African elephants to North America? "With climate change, I am starting to think that, if we do get a massive reduction of Africa's grassland, then as I am advocating restoration of the US prairie anyway, we can use the large herbivores from ­Africa to help that process because they are already co-adapted. I wouldn't be opposed to that." Parmesan can see her way to ­moving other big herbivores too, such as ­giraffes. She can even justify finding new homes for pandas. However, she concedes that most of the planet's iconic large animals would still have to find their own way out from climate change – it would be impractical to move carnivores, for example. "What we are advocating is not moving tigers to Africa, nor moving polar bears to Antarctica – nothing as dramatic as that – but [on the whole] to take species that are fairly innocuous, including a lot of plants and insects," she says. "We know enough about their competitive abilities and their behaviour, and we have no expectation that they are going to be able to take over an eco-system." Climate studies since 2000 reveal a growing threat to animal life far ­beyond the polar regions that have been feeling its early impacts. A review of ­recent scientific literature showed 52% of species striking out for more temperate areas as their traditional habitats became unsuitable, migrating from 50km to as far as 1,600km away when geography and human settlements allowed. Climate change is also altering their way of life: some 62% of ­species, for example, are mating earlier in the spring. The studies noted huge ­varieties in response to climate change except for one fatal trait: no species was exhibiting the kind of large-scale evolutionary changes needed to adapt to warming temperatures in its existing habitat. "Evolution is not going to save the polar bear," says Parmesan simply. If it were up to her, the evacuation would start now – perhaps with a ­variety of the ephemeral Checker­spot butterfly which started her on this ­unlikely career path. Now 48, she did not set out to become a campaigner – or even a lepidopterist, for that ­matter. The youngest (and smallest) of six daughters, she grew up in a solidly Republican family with deep roots in the Texas oil industry. Her mother, a geologist, worked for an oil company, as does one of her sisters. Initially, Parmesan wanted to study primates, but she did not have the stomach to work with caged animals. She claims she is uncomfortable even describing herself as an environmentalist – although she does drive a blue Prius, and watches her carbon footprint. It was fieldwork that set Parmesan on her more public trajectory, ­after she published her first paper on the plight of Edith's Checkerspot. In the early 1990s, she spent more than four years rattling across the Pacific Northwest in an old Toyota pickup truck, tracking these butterflies from Mexico to Alberta. Earlier researchers – including her husband, Singer – had established that the Checkerspot was sensitive to temperature. The trek convinced Parmesan that it was dying out ­because of climate change: rising ­temperatures in California were ­drying up the plant that was its main food source, although the butterfly continued to do fine in northern ­latitudes. And yet Parmesan admits she was, at first, sceptical about ­projections of the broader impacts of climate change on the animal world. "I have to admit that 10 years ago, I thought they were a bit too extreme," she says. But now she fears the scientific community is under-estimating the risk of extinction, and is frustrated with conservation organisations for failing to grasp the urgency of this situation. When Parmesan first began talking about moving species, or "assisted ­colonisation", at academic conferences, her fellow biologists erupted. They accused her of playing God; of tampering with nature in ways that carry enormous risk. They warned that her approach would set off a whole new chain of problems. How did Parmesan know the transplants would take to their new surroundings? How did she know they would not stage a hostile takeover, chasing out the native species? "I was surprised at how angry ­people got – how emotional," she says. "They were just horrified that I advocated playing God. They thought I was advocating an engineering ­approach to conservation." Which, Parmesan concedes, she is. But she argues that her approach may be the only way left to save some ­species whose escape routes are blocked by urban sprawl or punishing desert, or which cannot adapt in time. Unlike traditional threats to wildlife, Parmesan says there is no prospect of recovery from climate change. Loss of habitat and poaching can be reversed, given enough money. Threatened animals can be coaxed back to healthy numbers – as in the case of the wolf in the Rocky Mountain West region of the US. Degraded landscapes can be ­restored. But climate change is ­irreversible, at least on a human timescale. And besides, it's not as if there hasn't been transportation of animal or plant life in the past. "It doesn't make any sense to say it's OK for the shipping industry and the transport industry to accidentally move stuff around, for the aquarium trade to move stuff around, for the garden trade to move stuff all over the place, but that it's not OK for a conservation biologist who is desperately trying to save a species from extinction to move it 100 miles. Come on, we have mucked around with Earth to such a degree that I think it's a ridiculous argument." In recent years, Parmesan and a handful of other scientists have ­ begun work on a blueprint for ­moving plants and wildlife on the verge of extinction. She argues it would be far more effective to ­transplant entire communities of plants and animals, rather than a few token species. "If we move individual ­species, it will just be: 'Let's save a few cool things for our grandkids.' But if we can get people to think about it on a grander scale, it could save some significant percentage of species." Their idea is to start small – with plants, butterflies, birds, small rodents, and mammals – and to restrict the relocation plan to isolated spots that are immediately threatened by climate change. That is, high-altitude species that are being forced to migrate higher and higher up mountains to find cooler temperatures. Parmesan would shift those populations to ­another, higher mountain within close range. It is too soon to say if she is winning the argument. Her ideas are still considered ­outside the mainstream of conservationists, and undertaking any kind of mass animal rescue will require rewriting existing international laws on transporting animals, as well as huge infusions of cash. But some of the bigger wildlife NGOs are beginning to listen more seriously to what was seen only a decade ago as an outlandish idea. "We need to have as many potential tools as possible in our tool boxes," agrees Thomas Brooks of Conservation International. "It is not very easy and it is not very cheap, but I do see this as an option that needs to be explored when cheaper and easier options aren't working. But this is a more difficult and expensive approach*,* and needs to be evaluated carefully in that light." Even with temperature rises of 0.7C, some animals have already been lost – such as the golden toad that lives in the cool mountains of Costa Rica ­(biologists there have warned that more than a dozen amphibian species have disappeared from the ­jungles ­because of climate change). And last year, researchers in Australia ­reported what would be the world's first ­mammalian extinction of modern times: the lemuroid ringtail possum. These animals drop out of trees and die if the temperature rises above 30C – ­although subsequent reports suggest a number have since been sighted. Many other species are under a death ­sentence. In the American west, ­researchers have charted a sharp ­decline in the pika, a small, furry brown animal that lives in the Rocky mountains. As for the polar bear, its natural hunting grounds are fast disappearing with the melting sea ice. Some studies suggest the Arctic's summer sea ice could disappear entirely by 2020, and with it the seals that are the bears' main food supply. Recently, Canadian biologists reported at least seven cases of male polar bears eating their young because they were going hungry. But while it's too late for the ­polar bear, Parmesan believes there is a chance of saving other animals – ­provided governments and conservation organisations overcome their ­reservations and act now. "Otherwise, we are going to see a whole slew of species go extinct that we could have saved, if only we'd been willing to think a little bit more outside the box." ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:04:36 -0600 Second attempt.... (Pardon the cross posts. Mike Quinn, Austin) Feb 24, 2010 A home from home: saving species from climate change Subject: FW: large-scale digitization of specimens From: "Gall, Lawrence" <lawrence.gall AT yale.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:38:51 -0500 With apologies to those who are already aware of the following initiative via the ECN or other listserver, or elsewhere. Insect collections are among the priority targets. - - - Lawrence F. Gall, Ph.D. Head, Computer Systems Office Informatics Manager, Entomology Executive Editor, Peabody Publications Lepidoptera Section Editor, Zootaxa Peabody Museum of Natural History P.O. Box 208118, Yale University New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA http://www.peabody.yale.edu email: lawrence.gall AT yale.edu phone: 1-203-432-9892 FAX:  1-203-432-9816 > -----Original Message----- > From: Entomological Collections Network Listserve [mailto:ECN- > L AT listserv.unl.edu] On Behalf Of Andy Deans > Sent: Wednesday, 03 March, 2010 11:34 > To: ECN-L AT listserv.unl.edu > Subject: large-scale digitization of specimens > > Dear ECN Colleagues: > > A strategic plan for a 10-year national effort to digitize and mobilize > images and data associated with biological research collections, > including > insects and their relatives, is being developed, with initial details > provided here: > http://digbiocol.wordpress.com/ > > The plan requires broad support and input from the collections > community and > a diversity of stakeholders. The responses to the plan, collected > through > email (addressed to: wg-digitization AT nescent.org) and blog commentary > (thorough the link above) will be used in future meetings to complete a > more > formal strategic plan. Feedback regarding the following aspects is > especially important: > > 1) your support for the proposed model, suggestions for revision > > 2) ideas regarding the three-tiered approach suggested here > > 3) priorities for collection digitization > > 4) ways to maximize collaboration across institutions and federal > agencies, > and at the international level. > > This feedback will be aggregated and provided to participants for > future > planning sessions that will develop a final version of the strategic > plan. > Thanks in advance for taking the time to contribute to this very > important > initiative. > > best wishes, > Andy ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: New Lepidoptera List From: "Gary Anweiler" <gganweiler AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:59:18 -0700 The new annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta Canada by Pohl, Anweiler, Schmidt and Kondla, listing some 2367 species of leps reported from Alberta (including the micros!) is now available as a free PDF download from the Zookeys website. Lots of old errors corrected, as well as Taxonomic and Nomenclatural changes. 559 pages in all. The abstract is attached. Gary Anweiler Subject: New Lep book From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:11:04 -0700 FYI, just saw this on Amazon. Anyone know anything more about this? Manual of Lepidoptera: Classification of the butterflies and Moths of the World. John Heppner (author) $136. Due Nov 2010 (CRC press) Product Description Moths and butterflies make up one of the most pertinent order of insects. Manual of Lepidoptera: Classification of the Butterflies and Moths of the World offers the most up-to-date information available in providing a detailed overview of these insects. It covers all 124 families of moths and butterflies found in the world, detailing morphology, biology, host preferences, taxonomy, and biodiversity. Morphological details ( including larvae and pupae) are included for each family and typical species. Family keys along with introductory sections provide readers with useful overviews.. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: New Lep book From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:11:04 -0700 FYI, just saw this on Amazon. Anyone know anything more about this? Manual of Lepidoptera: Classification of the butterflies and Moths of the World. John Heppner (author) $136. Due Nov 2010 (CRC press) Product Description Moths and butterflies make up one of the most pertinent order of insects. Manual of Lepidoptera: Classification of the Butterflies and Moths of the World offers the most up-to-date information available in providing a detailed overview of these insects. It covers all 124 families of moths and butterflies found in the world, detailing morphology, biology, host preferences, taxonomy, and biodiversity. Morphological details ( including larvae and pupae) are included for each family and typical species. Family keys along with introductory sections provide readers with useful overviews.. Subject: Valentine Butterflies From: "Walker, Mark" <xvermontrz AT cox.net> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:40:36 -0800 After several weeks of wintery, rainy weather in SoCal, the sun finally came out and began warming things up. Having some business to take care of in Central California, I decided to stop often along the way and smell the roses. I drove up the coast, past Cambria, and then over the Santa Lucia Mountains to Fresno. From here, I traveled south over Tejon Pass, and then went for a short hike today in the Carlsbad Highlands of San Diego County. There were good numbers of butterflies out and about in most regions, though the season is clearly just getting started. At San Simeon, there were still large numbers of overwintering Monarchs about. This is spectacular to experience when the fog is still pouring in and obscuring most of everything. At San Simeon, the sun was just barely peaking through. This warmed things up just enough to get the Monarchs stirring, and I enjoyed popping them up out of the pasture grass as I walked below the eucalyptus trees. More Monarchs could be seen at overwintering sites at Ragged Point and just south of Gordo. These are the central coast populations - the ones that hardly ever get visited by Monarch Watchers or tree pruners. The Monarchs appear to be quite content living inconspicuously in these less traveled areas - especially with the gorgeous ocean views and all. Driving east on Nacimiento-Fergusson Road, I ascended away from the coast quickly and emerged into clear blue sky above the coastal fog layer. Here, just above the fog, I found plenty of overwintering female California Dogface (Zerene eurydice) on the wing. There were also occasional males, but the ladies were far more prevalent. Also common here were overwintering California Tortoiseshells (Nymphalis californica) and a lone recorded Buckeye (Junonia coenia). I spent several hours searching for other species like the Margined White (Pieris marginalis), Sonoran Blue (Philotes sonorensis), Coastal Green Hairstreak (Callophrys dumetorum), Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus), and Mormo Metalmark (Apodemia mormo) - all resident and early flyers in this coastal region - but these have not started their flights. Curiously, there were no Anthocharis sara or Celastrina ladon - which are flying in numbers in other habitats - recorded here. I headed over the pass and descended towards Fort Hunter Liggett, where more tortoiseshells and dogface were flying, along with Echo Blues (Celastrina ladon). Crossing the 101 at San Lucas, I headed into the gorgeous inner mountain range past Parkfield Junction. Here I found Anthocharis sara (Sara Orangetip) flying in good numbers, along with the Checkered White (Pontia protodice). I will return to this area in a few weeks. The habitat is quite distinct. The route from Coalingua to Fresno was uneventful, though I did examine a nice field of Atriplex canescens (foodplant for San Emigdio Blues and Mojave Sootywings), finding nothing. The following day I drove south and ascended Grapevine Hill - which brought me to a frigid Frazier Park, where snow remains on the ground and the butterflies are still hibernating. Today in coastal San Diego County, where the daytime temps approached 80 degrees, I enjoyed lots of Anthocharis sara (males and females), along with a few other newly emerged species. These included Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Silvery Blue), Leptotes marina (Marine Blue), and Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak). No sign yet of Papilio zelicaon, Apodemia virgulti, Coenonympha california, Callophrys perplexa, or Callophrys augustinus, though these cannot be more than a few days away. Mark Walker Oceanside, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: FW: OTS course Tropical Butterfly Ecology 14-28 May 2010 From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:37:08 -0700 Greetings Lepsters: There are two Lepidoptera courses this year that might be of interest that I'm involved in teaching. Dave Wagner just sent around the OTS course on Tropical Butterfly Ecology, while there is also the "lep-course" held at the Southwest Research Station (here in Arizona) in August. The OTS course is in Costa Rica, runs 14-28 May, and features Phil Devries and local expert Isidro Chacon, two fantastic biologists. I'm along for the ride as the consulting statistician and field hand for this course, which focuses on using Tropical Butterflies as model systems for ecological questions (i.e., I like working with butterflies in the tropics, what can I do?). The lep course (www.lepcourse.org) runs from 7-14 August at the SW Research Station in the CHirichanua Mountains of SE Arizona. Not quite the tropics, but the diversity here is just fantastic. The focus of the lep course is lepidoptera (both larvae and adult) identification. If you want to learn your moths, this is the place! The heavy-hitter instructors are John Brown (Smithsonian), Jim Miller (AMNH), and Chris Schmit (CNC), with local experts Jim Brock, P. D. Hulce, Ray Nagle, Ian Watkinson, and myself). Obviously, folks are welcome to take both! cheers bruce ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: FW: OTS course Tropical Butterfly Ecology 14-28 May 2010 From: "Wagner, David" <david.wagner AT uconn.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:40:54 -0500 From: Barbara E. Lewis [mailto:barbara.lewis AT ots.ac.cr] Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:08 PM To: Wagner, David; Colwell, Robert Subject: OTS course Tropical Butterfly Ecology 14-28 May 2010 Dear OTS delegates, colleagues and graduate students, Below is a brief description of an upcoming graduate-level specialty course, Tropical Butterfly Ecology, that may be of interest to students in various departments at your institution. Attached is a course flyer and an application form. Your circulation/posting of this material on your campus would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks! -- Tropical Butterfly Ecology This 2-week course is for advanced graduate students interested in conducting tropical field studies on butterflies. The course will focus on the Costa Rican Atlantic rainforest fauna, and include work at the La Selva Biological Station and the Tirimbina Biological Reserve - both sites share a diverse assemblage of Neotropical butterflies, including many species that extend well into South America. The major thrust of this course will be natural history and identification of butterfly adults and early stages. We will focus on behavior, diversity, ecological and evolutionary patterns, symbiotic associations, ecophysiology, quantitative sampling techniques, experimental design, and as well, the pleasures of conducting research on tropical insects. The course combines lectures, hands-on field exploration, and major efforts on the part of students to understand and apply quantitative observational and sampling procedures in the field. The course will stress developing rigorous natural history questions from field observations. Faculty: Dr. Phil DeVries, University of New Orleans Dr. Bruce Walsh, University of Arizona Guest faculty: Isidro Chacon, Costa Rica National Museum and National Biodiversity Institute (INBIO) Dates: May 14-28, 2010 Application Deadline: February 16, 2010 for priority admission followed by open enrollment until filled. Tuition: OTS consortium applicants - $2,000; non-member applicants $2,500 Partial need-based scholarships are available; priority given to OTS consortium and Latin American applicants. Students: graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other interested professionals For More information: consult the OTS website at www.ots.duke.edu or contact barbara.lewis AT ots.ac.cr Barbara E. Lewis Graduate Education Coordinator Organization for Tropical Studies Apartado 676-2050 San Pedro San José, Costa Rica Tel: (011 506) 2524-0607 ext 1510 Fax: (011 506) 2524-0608 E-mail: barbara.lewis AT ots.ac.cr Skype: blewis_otscro Website: www.ots.ac.cr -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Subject: New book about Ecuadorian butterflies From: "Checa,Maria V" <mfcheca AT ufl.edu> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:50:24 -0500 (EST) Title: Mariposas de Canand??: sus amenazas, potencial y futuro Butterflies from Canande: their threats, potential and future Author: Mar??a F. Checa Language: Spanish Full color, couch?? paper, hard cover. 72 pp. Trama Editorial, Quito-Ecuador. ISBN: 978-9978-369104 Abstract Promoting sustainable development in the west Ecuadorian hotspot is urgently required, where less than 6% of natural forests remain and more than 75% of people are poor. This book provides a literature review of the main deforestation factors of this area and shows the link between poverty and natural resources exploitation (devastation?) in Ecuador. It also presents the benefits that biocommerce of butterflies has produced in developing countries and why this is a potential tool to promote conservation and provide economic benefits in Ecuador. Finally, it provides a photographic guide to the butterflies (Nymphalidae) from the Reserve Canande River located in the wet forests of the Choco hotspot of diversity in Ecuador. Limited availability in USA, any request please send an email to mfcheca AT ufl.edu -- Checa,Maria V ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Caterpillar on Ipomopsis? From: "Matthew Shepherd (Xerces Society)" <mdshepherd AT xerces.org> Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:46:09 -0800 Hi, We got an email request for help with identifying a caterpillar photographed on Ipomopsis longiflora, the flaxflowered ipomopsis. The caterpillar was spotted on Bosque del Apache NWR (New Mexico) in early November 2004. The caterpillar is shades of gray with black and orange markings. I can send the photograph, if anyone is interested. Can anyone suggest what species the caterpillar might be? Thanks for your assistance! Happy New Year, Matthew ______________________________________________________ The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation The Xerces Society is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. To join the Society, make a contribution, or read about our work, please visit www.xerces.org. Matthew Shepherd Senior Conservation Associate 4828 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, OR 97215, USA Tel: 503-232 6639 Cell: 503-807 1577 Fax: 503-233 6794 Email: mdshepherd AT xerces.org ______________________________________________________ Subject: ID help on Bebearia sp From: "Tom Middagh" <trgarden AT frontiernet.net> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:27:24 -0600 Hi all Merry Christmas I have this specimen what I have pegged as a Bebearia but I can't seem to find a match. Maybe B. absolon female? Could it be a abberation? Forewing is odd to me. Data: Itwara Forest , Uganda Here is the Link for a pic. http://www.frontiernet.net/~trgarden/TomMidda/Bebearia.jpg Thanks Tom Middagh ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Congratulations Andy Warren! From: Kim Davis <kim AT butterfliesofamerica.com> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:02:48 -0700 We are happy to announce that Andy Warren has accepted the position of Collections Manager at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity in Gainesville, Florida. As many of you know, George Austin was the Collections Manager at the McGuire Center when he passed away in June 2009. The position came open recently and Andy Warren was selected for an offer which he accepted. We're sure George Austin would be very happy with this selection. The future looks bright for the McGuire Center and for Butterflies of America! Life is Good... Kim Davis & Mike Stangeland http://kimandmikeontheroad.com/ http://butterfliesofamerica.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Silver-spotted Skipper From: Gary J Sibio <garysibio AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:03:45 -0600 http://insectsofthechicagoarea.blogspot.com/2009/12/silver-spotted-skipper-epargyreus.html -- Gary J Sibio To see my photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7688801 AT N08/ Blog: Insects of the Chicago Area http://insectsofthechicagoarea.blogspot.com/ Blog: The Bible and the World Today http://bibleandworldtoday.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: RE: Pacific Grove Prunes Monarch Cluster Trees From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:08:33 -0500 Yeah but its eucalyptus (gasp! it is a non-native plant.) and it's not politically correct to work carefully or save this plant under any circumstances. Definitely an interesting story with some intriguing hyphotheses advanced. I hope a follow-up study of the effects of this work for future continuing Monarch populations in the Pacific Groves sanctuary is done. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:15:57 -0800 > From: monarch AT saber.net > To: tils-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com > CC: LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu > Subject: Pacific Grove Prunes Monarch Cluster Trees > > PACIFIC GROVE TREE TRIMMING MIGHT HAVE CAUSED LOW > MONARCH TURNOUT > By Kera Abraham Nov. 19, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/ydo6f2f > > In a city nicknamed Butterfly Town, USA ­ where an annual > Butterfly Parade marks the beginning of the monarch overwintering > season, and tourists flock to visit the famous Butterfly House ­ the > absence of thousands of orange-and-black-winged annual visitors > is something of an identity crisis. > > "If Butterfly Town loses its monarchs ­ not good," says Pat Herrgott, > a long-time volunteer docent at Pacific Grove's Monarch Grove Sanctuary. > > The sanctuary is low on butterflies this year, and some monarch > enthusiasts suspect that the city's heavy-handed trimming of > branches is to blame. > > "It was obvious to me this amount of pruning will substantially degrade > the suitability of the sanctuary as a cluster site, "entomologist Paul > Cherubini wrote on a monarch listserv in late October. "The butterfly > population is likely to be substantially lower and less stable this year > and for years to come." > > P.G. Public Works Director Celia Perez Martinez says the trimming > was done for public safety in late September, before the Oct. 1 start > of monarch overwintering season. (In 2004 an 85-year-old woman > was killed by a falling branch while visiting the sanctuary; the city > settled with her family for $1 million.) > > "Eucalyptus trees are very vulnerable to limb breakage," she says. > "[But] we would not have trimmed any branches that had butterflies > on them." > > City arborist Rick Katen directed a tree service on which branches > to cut, Perez Martinez says, but the city didn't document the work. > "In the future we1ll do that, but we've never done it in the past," > she says. > > This year's low butterfly numbers could be caused by any number > of things, she says, including October's storms: "They could have > gone to Santa Cruz for all we know." > > Dr. Francis Villablanca of Cal Poly is tasked with reviewing the > monarch count data. "At the current time we do not know if the > P.G. Sanctuary population count is low because of something > peculiar to this site (e.g.: tree trimming), or if the populations > are low range-wide and across all sites," he wrote in an e-mail > to Perez Martinez. > > Villablanca expects to have some findings within the next few > weeks. "I would call for calm minds to prevail until we have > some data," he wrote. "The story will make itself evident." > > But Bob Pacelli, who has been filming P.G.'s monarchs for > two decades, has a strong hunch that the trimming messed > up the particular microclimate ­ humidity, temperature, precipitation > and wind shelter ­ that makes the P.G. sanctuary a critical > overwintering site. > > Last year at this time, he says, the monarch clusters were dense. > This year he could barely spot any butterflies. "Every single place > that the monarchs could hang onto is gone," he says morosely. > "I hope I'm totally wrong, but in my heart I know it's not true. > No more butterflies. Oof." > ========================================= > ANNUAL BUTTERFLY COUNT SHOWS DRAMATIC DECLINE IN PACIFIC > GROVE'S MONARCH GROVE SANCTUARY > By Kera Abraham November 30, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/yhjf5t6 > > An annual count of monarch butterflies shows dramatically low > turnout at Pacific Grove's Monarch Grove Sanctuary this year, > confirming the suspicions of monarch enthusiasts who blame > heavy tree pruning done by the city in late September. > > According to El Dorado-based entomologist Paul Cherubini, this > year's monarch population estimates, as compared to > Thanksgiving 2008, are: > > Up 34 percent in Santa Cruz's Lighthouse Field State Park; > Down 38 percent at Moran Lake, Capitola; > Down 34 percent at a private property near Big Sur: > Down 96 percent at P.G.'s Monarch Grove Sanctuary. > > Cherubini blames the disproportionate decline in the P.G. sanctuary > on the trimming. He predicts that the butterflies will abandon the > sanctuary between mid-December and mid-January, and may not > return to it as a regular overwintering spot. > > "The city itself inadvertently ruined its own butterfly habitat via > the tree pruning," Cherubini writes by email. "The city could have > used tree rope or wire cables to secure the dangerous branches > instead of cutting them." > > City Public Works Director Celia Perez Martinez has said that the > low butterfly turnout this year could be due to any number of > factors besides the trimming. She is awaiting a more comprehensive > assessment by Cal Poly professor Francis Villablanca. > > The relative absence of butterflies in P.G. comes in the context of > what appears to be a long-term decline in the western monarch > population, which may be caused by a variety of factors, including > summer droughts, invasive parasites, habitat degradation and the > disappearance of the Central Valley's native milkweed, the only > plant on which monarchs will lay their eggs. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > Subject: Pacific Grove Prunes Monarch Cluster Trees From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:15:57 -0800 PACIFIC GROVE TREE TRIMMING MIGHT HAVE CAUSED LOW MONARCH TURNOUT By Kera Abraham Nov. 19, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/ydo6f2f In a city nicknamed Butterfly Town, USA ­ where an annual Butterfly Parade marks the beginning of the monarch overwintering season, and tourists flock to visit the famous Butterfly House ­ the absence of thousands of orange-and-black-winged annual visitors is something of an identity crisis. "If Butterfly Town loses its monarchs ­ not good," says Pat Herrgott, a long-time volunteer docent at Pacific Grove's Monarch Grove Sanctuary. The sanctuary is low on butterflies this year, and some monarch enthusiasts suspect that the city's heavy-handed trimming of eucalyptus branches is to blame. "It was obvious to me this amount of pruning will substantially degrade the suitability of the sanctuary as a cluster site, "entomologist Paul Cherubini wrote on a monarch listserv in late October. "The butterfly population is likely to be substantially lower and less stable this year and for years to come." P.G. Public Works Director Celia Perez Martinez says the trimming was done for public safety in late September, before the Oct. 1 start of monarch overwintering season. (In 2004 an 85-year-old woman was killed by a falling branch while visiting the sanctuary; the city settled with her family for $1 million.) "Eucalyptus trees are very vulnerable to limb breakage," she says. "[But] we would not have trimmed any branches that had butterflies on them." City arborist Rick Katen directed a tree service on which branches to cut, Perez Martinez says, but the city didn't document the work. "In the future we1ll do that, but we've never done it in the past," she says. This year's low butterfly numbers could be caused by any number of things, she says, including October's storms: "They could have gone to Santa Cruz for all we know." Dr. Francis Villablanca of Cal Poly is tasked with reviewing the monarch count data. "At the current time we do not know if the P.G. Sanctuary population count is low because of something peculiar to this site (e.g.: tree trimming), or if the populations are low range-wide and across all sites," he wrote in an e-mail to Perez Martinez. Villablanca expects to have some findings within the next few weeks. "I would call for calm minds to prevail until we have some data," he wrote. "The story will make itself evident." But Bob Pacelli, who has been filming P.G.'s monarchs for two decades, has a strong hunch that the trimming messed up the particular microclimate ­ humidity, temperature, precipitation and wind shelter ­ that makes the P.G. sanctuary a critical overwintering site. Last year at this time, he says, the monarch clusters were dense. This year he could barely spot any butterflies. "Every single place that the monarchs could hang onto is gone," he says morosely. "I hope I'm totally wrong, but in my heart I know it's not true. No more butterflies. Oof." ========================================= ANNUAL BUTTERFLY COUNT SHOWS DRAMATIC DECLINE IN PACIFIC GROVE'S MONARCH GROVE SANCTUARY By Kera Abraham November 30, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/yhjf5t6 An annual count of monarch butterflies shows dramatically low turnout at Pacific Grove's Monarch Grove Sanctuary this year, confirming the suspicions of monarch enthusiasts who blame heavy tree pruning done by the city in late September. According to El Dorado-based entomologist Paul Cherubini, this year's monarch population estimates, as compared to Thanksgiving 2008, are: Up 34 percent in Santa Cruz's Lighthouse Field State Park; Down 38 percent at Moran Lake, Capitola; Down 34 percent at a private property near Big Sur: Down 96 percent at P.G.'s Monarch Grove Sanctuary. Cherubini blames the disproportionate decline in the P.G. sanctuary on the trimming. He predicts that the butterflies will abandon the sanctuary between mid-December and mid-January, and may not return to it as a regular overwintering spot. "The city itself inadvertently ruined its own butterfly habitat via the tree pruning," Cherubini writes by email. "The city could have used tree rope or wire cables to secure the dangerous branches instead of cutting them." City Public Works Director Celia Perez Martinez has said that the low butterfly turnout this year could be due to any number of factors besides the trimming. She is awaiting a more comprehensive assessment by Cal Poly professor Francis Villablanca. The relative absence of butterflies in P.G. comes in the context of what appears to be a long-term decline in the western monarch population, which may be caused by a variety of factors, including summer droughts, invasive parasites, habitat degradation and the disappearance of the Central Valley's native milkweed, the only plant on which monarchs will lay their eggs. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: 6th International Butterfly Conference call for contributed submissions From: Felix Sperling <felix.sperling AT ualberta.ca> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:18:06 -0700 Dear butterfly biologists everywhere! The 6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies will be held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada from June 29 through July 2, 2010. This meeting has been held at irregular intervals since 1981 and recognizes the role that the study of butterflies has played in our understanding of both evolutionary biology and ecology. The meeting will include Symposia, Contributed Papers, Posters, Banquet and Field Trips. For those wishing attend this meeting, and anyone wishing to present a Contributed Paper or a Poster, please view the Conference webpage at: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/biobutterfly2010 Deadline for lower-cost Registration: March 31, 2010 Deadline for Abstract submission: May 17, 2010 Subject: Announcing the 2010 Lep Course! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:21:42 -0700 <> We are happy to formally announce the 2010 Lep Course to be held at the SW Research Station in the Chricihahua Mts of SE Arizona. The focus of the lep course is to train graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and serious citizen-scientists in the classification and identification of adult lepidoptera and their larvae. Topics to be covered include an extensive introduction into adult and larval morphology with a focus on taxonomically-important traits, extensive field work on both adults and larvae, collecting and curatoral techniques, genitalic dissection and preparation, larval classification, use (and abuse) of DNA bar coding, and general issues in lepidoptera systematics, ecology, and evolution. THE LOCATION: With its extensive series of Sky-Island mountain ranges, SE Arizona has the highest lepidoptera diversity in the US. With low desert scrub, oak and mixed oak-pine woodland, lush riparian, juniper, Douglas fir, and mountain meadow habitats all within a 40 minute drive from the station, the SWRS is an ideal location from which to sample this diversity (of both habitats and species). INSTRUCTORS: Jim Brock (Tucson, Arizona) John Brown (USDA, Smithsonian) P. D. Hulce (SW Research Station) Jim Miller (American Museum of Natural History) Ray Nagle (University of Arizona) Chris Schmidt (Canadian National Collection) Bruce Walsh (University of Arizona) Ian Watkinison (Arizona Western College/Northern Arizona University) COURSE DETAILS: Dates: 7 - 14 August 2010 Cost: $900 for students, $1000 for students Application form on course website. Due by 7 June 2010 Course website: www.lepcourse.org ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Announcing the 2010 Lep Course! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:21:42 -0700 <> We are happy to formally announce the 2010 Lep Course to be held at the SW Research Station in the Chricihahua Mts of SE Arizona. The focus of the lep course is to train graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and serious citizen-scientists in the classification and identification of adult lepidoptera and their larvae. Topics to be covered include an extensive introduction into adult and larval morphology with a focus on taxonomically-important traits, extensive field work on both adults and larvae, collecting and curatoral techniques, genitalic dissection and preparation, larval classification, use (and abuse) of DNA bar coding, and general issues in lepidoptera systematics, ecology, and evolution. THE LOCATION: With its extensive series of Sky-Island mountain ranges, SE Arizona has the highest lepidoptera diversity in the US. With low desert scrub, oak and mixed oak-pine woodland, lush riparian, juniper, Douglas fir, and mountain meadow habitats all within a 40 minute drive from the station, the SWRS is an ideal location from which to sample this diversity (of both habitats and species). INSTRUCTORS: Jim Brock (Tucson, Arizona) John Brown (USDA, Smithsonian) P. D. Hulce (SW Research Station) Jim Miller (American Museum of Natural History) Ray Nagle (University of Arizona) Chris Schmidt (Canadian National Collection) Bruce Walsh (University of Arizona) Ian Watkinison (Arizona Western College/Northern Arizona University) COURSE DETAILS: Dates: 7 - 14 August 2010 Cost: $900 for students, $1000 for students Application form on course website. Due by 7 June 2010 Course website: www.lepcourse.org Subject: Free scientific name spelling checker From: SBSP AT aol.com Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:26:49 EST Would you like to add the scientific names of all North American butterflies to your spelling checker? Visit our web site for instructions on obtaining a free copy of the lexicon file LEPILEXI that can be installed in almost any Windows or Macintosh word processor. And while at the site be sure to read about our program LEPILIST which is used to record sightings and collections of butterflies and other lepidoptera. SANTA BARBARA SOFTWARE PRODUCTS Web site: birdbase.com E-mail: sbsp AT aol.com Subject: 2010 native bee calendar -- buy your copy now! From: "Matthew Shepherd (Xerces Society)" <mdshepherd AT xerces.org> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:45:16 -0800 2010 Native Bee Calendar Order your calendar by November 30th! As busy as a bee? Do you need a way to keep track of your schedule? The Xerces Society and the Great Sunflower Project are happy to offer the 2010 Native Bee Calendar, which was created by Celeste Ets-Hokin. With magnificent close-up photos by Rollin Coville, this calendar takes you on a tour of twelve commonly encountered types of native bees. Each month features a full-page pin-up of a different bee genus, accompanied by a brief summary of its preferred plants, nesting needs, and notes on how to identify it—and of course, a complete day-by-day calendar for each month. Preview a sample of the front cover, one month, and back cover at http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/sample-calendar.pdf. All orders must be received online by Monday, November 30, 2009. Calendars will be shipped to arrive by the holidays. Price: $14.00 (including shipping). The calendar can be purchased online through either organization: Great Sunflower Project http://www.greatsunflower.org/en/2010-bee-calendar Xerces Society http://www.xerces.org/calendar/ Sales of this calendar will directly benefit the conservation work of both organizations. The Great Sunflower Project is accelerating the pace of pollinator conservation by empowering people from pre-schoolers to scientists to make the world a better place for bees. The idea is simple; gardeners plant a sunflower and then time how long it takes for five bees to visit. Gardens that quickly see bees are healthy. Gardens that don't see bees aren't. The sunflowers are both a thermometer measuring the health of the bee community across the continent and a wonderful resource making each garden where they are planted a better place for bees. Join us at www.GreatSunflower.org! The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is a nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. For over three decades, the Society has been at the forefront of invertebrate conservation, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of citizens to implement conservation programs. To join the Society, make a contribution, or read about our work, please visit www.xerces.org. ______________________________________________________ The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation The Xerces Society is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. To join the Society, make a contribution, or read about our work, please visit www.xerces.org. Matthew Shepherd Senior Conservation Associate 4828 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, OR 97215, USA Tel: 503-232 6639 Cell: 503-807 1577 Fax: 503-233 6794 Email: mdshepherd AT xerces.org ______________________________________________________ Subject: FWD: McGuire Center, Asst. Curator Lepidoptera From: "Gall, Lawrence" <lawrence.gall AT yale.edu> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:57:51 -0500 Forwarding on behalf of Jackie Miller at McGuire center: - - - FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Assistant Curator of Lepidoptera, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera The Florida Museum of Natural History invites applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Curator of Lepidoptera at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. The successful candidate will contribute to collection growth through field research and will develop an extramurally funded research program in systematics, evolutionary biology, ecology or biodiversity. The use of molecular techniques that take advantage of a large existing molecular lab would be desirable. Candidates for this position must also demonstrate teaching excellence, and will be required to teach two courses of their choice annually through allied academic departments. Potential service opportunities exist in exhibit development and public education. In addition, the candidate will be expected to mentor undergraduate and graduate students in research. The Florida Museum of Natural History fosters a collaborative, collegial, and interdisciplinary environment with strong ties to academic departments (Entomology & Nematology, Biology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation) and institutes (UF Genetics Institute, Emerging Pathogens Institute, and others). Minimum qualifications include a relevant Ph. D.; strong collections, curatorial and research experience would be preferable. Salary is competitive, and start date is open, but may begin as early as 1 July 2010. Application deadline is 4 Dec. 2009. To be considered, all applications must be submitted online at http://jobs.ufl.edu (requisition #0803201). The application should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of research activities and goals (and how these will be enhanced by the use of the McGuire Center's world class collections and molecular laboratory, including comments on museum collections experience where appropriate), and a statement of teaching experience and goals (including a short list of potential courses you might teach). The previously mentioned documents as well as reprints of no more than five publications, and the names of three colleagues who might be contacted for letters of recommendation, should be sent directly to the search committee chair by email before the application deadline: Dr. David Reed, dreed AT flmnh.ufl.edu, Chair of the Lepidopterist Search Committee, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, P. O. Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800. The University of Florida is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The selection process will be conducted under the provisions of Florida's "Government in the Sunshine" and Public Records laws. - - - Lawrence F. Gall, Ph.D. Head, Computer Systems Office Informatics Manager, Entomology Executive Editor, Peabody Publications Lepidoptera Section Editor, Zootaxa Peabody Museum of Natural History P.O. Box 208118, Yale University New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA http://www.peabody.yale.edu email: lawrence.gall AT yale.edu phone: 1-203-432-9892 FAX:  1-203-432-9816 ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: FWD: Lepidoptera Collections Manager position From: JOHN B HILLIS <viceroy AT bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:30:23 -0700 (PDT) I just wanted to say, on me you shouldn't depend. No, actually, what a wonderful job that would be, and let me share this hereby with some other bug-fanciers. Anne Kilmer --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Gall, Lawrence wrote: > From: Gall, Lawrence > Subject: FWD: Lepidoptera Collections Manager position > To: "leps-l AT lists.yale.edu" > Cc: "Jackie Miller" > Date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 9:34 AM > Forwarding to LEPS-L on behalf of > Jackie Miller at the McGuire Center in FL: > > > > COLLECTION MANAGER FOR LEPIDOPTERA > > McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida > Museum of Natural History, University of Florida > > The Florida Museum of Natural History invites applications > for a collection manager position at the McGuire Center for > Lepidoptera and Biodiversity.  The Center has one of > the world's largest lepidopteran collections with a large > staff and active research programs in systematics, > evolutionary biology, ecology and biodiversity conservation. > > > Requirements include a degree in the biological sciences, > preferably M.S. or Ph,D., with appropriate experience in a > museum or similar collection-based  background, and a > broad knowledge of lepidopteran classification. Primary > responsibilities will include curation and management of > collections (acquisitions, accessions, loans, public > inquiries, etc.), and supervision of associated preparators > and other staff. > > Individuals wishing to apply should visit https://jobs.ufl.edu (referencing requisition # > 0803166) and submit an online application which must include > a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation and a > description of your collections management experience and > knowledge of Lepidoptera.  The application deadline is > November 16, 2009 and the anticipated start date is January > 2010. > > > > - - - > > Lawrence F. Gall, Ph.D. > > Head, Computer Systems Office > Informatics Manager, Entomology > Executive Editor, Peabody Publications > Lepidoptera Section Editor, Zootaxa > > Peabody Museum of Natural History > P.O. Box 208118, Yale University > New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA > http://www.peabody.yale.edu > > email: lawrence.gall AT yale.edu > phone: 1-203-432-9892 > FAX:  1-203-432-9816 > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > >    For subscription and related information > about LEPS-L visit: > >    http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: FWD: Lepidoptera Collections Manager position From: "Gall, Lawrence" <lawrence.gall AT yale.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:34:01 -0400 Forwarding to LEPS-L on behalf of Jackie Miller at the McGuire Center in FL: COLLECTION MANAGER FOR LEPIDOPTERA McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida The Florida Museum of Natural History invites applications for a collection manager position at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. The Center has one of the world's largest lepidopteran collections with a large staff and active research programs in systematics, evolutionary biology, ecology and biodiversity conservation. Requirements include a degree in the biological sciences, preferably M.S. or Ph,D., with appropriate experience in a museum or similar collection-based background, and a broad knowledge of lepidopteran classification. Primary responsibilities will include curation and management of collections (acquisitions, accessions, loans, public inquiries, etc.), and supervision of associated preparators and other staff. Individuals wishing to apply should visit https://jobs.ufl.edu (referencing requisition # 0803166) and submit an online application which must include a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation and a description of your collections management experience and knowledge of Lepidoptera. The application deadline is November 16, 2009 and the anticipated start date is January 2010. - - - Lawrence F. Gall, Ph.D. Head, Computer Systems Office Informatics Manager, Entomology Executive Editor, Peabody Publications Lepidoptera Section Editor, Zootaxa Peabody Museum of Natural History P.O. Box 208118, Yale University New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA http://www.peabody.yale.edu email: lawrence.gall AT yale.edu phone: 1-203-432-9892 FAX:  1-203-432-9816 ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Hodge's List From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:02:48 -0400 Thanks to everyone who responded. I have an Excel file with the Hodge's list, even though it will be outdated for Noctuids fairly soon.. Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinness AT ross.org ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Noctua pronuba in SE Arizona From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:28:33 -0700 Its finally here. Took two fresh Noctua pronuba (large yellow underwing) in Brown Canyon, Baboq. Mts (Pima Co, AZ) on Friday. Recall that this European species first appeared in 1979 in Nova Scotia and has been sweeping North American since (figured on Plate 58 of Powell and Opler). Got very excited, as this was the first AZ record I knew about. However, Jennifer Bundy quickly informed me its been in Yuma for the last two years and a quick call to Ray Nagle revealed that he took a male a few weeks ago in Pinery Canyon in the Chirichahua Mts, as well as seeing it in Sonora in Mexico. Any other records from SE Arizona? Cheers bruce ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Noctua pronuba in SE Arizona From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:28:33 -0700 Its finally here. Took two fresh Noctua pronuba (large yellow underwing) in Brown Canyon, Baboq. Mts (Pima Co, AZ) on Friday. Recall that this European species first appeared in 1979 in Nova Scotia and has been sweeping North American since (figured on Plate 58 of Powell and Opler). Got very excited, as this was the first AZ record I knew about. However, Jennifer Bundy quickly informed me its been in Yuma for the last two years and a quick call to Ray Nagle revealed that he took a male a few weeks ago in Pinery Canyon in the Chirichahua Mts, as well as seeing it in Sonora in Mexico. Any other records from SE Arizona? Cheers bruce Subject: Seeking samples of coffee leaf miner (Leucoptera coffeella) From: Kim Williams-Guillén <kimwilliamsg AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:05:03 -0400 Hi Leppers, I am wondering if anyone out there has a sample of the moth known as coffee leaf miner, Leucoptera coffeella. I am seeking a sample to extract DNA for a project using DNA barcoding to study diets of bats in coffee plantations. Insect DNA is amplified from bat feces, and I am seeking a leaf miner so I can have a reference sequence, in case the bats are eating them. The sample could be of any stage (larva, adult) and in poor condition. If you have one you could gift to me, I would be very grateful. Or, if you know someone who might have one, please let me know. Thanks Kim Williams-Guillen -- Kimberly Williams-Guillén, Ph.D. NSF Postdoctoral Fellow University of Washington College of Forest Resources Box 352100 Seattle, WA 98195 Cell (206) 992-5075 ^ö^ Lab (206) 543-7232 http://web.mac.com/kimwilliamsg ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Hodges List From: Hugh McGuinness <hmcguinness AT ross.org> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:11:45 -0400 Hi Leppers, Does anyone have an Excel database with Latin names and Hodge's numbers for North American Leps that they would be willing to share? If authors were included that would be dandy. Common names would be exquisite. Any additional info would be other worldy. E-mail me off line. I have such a database of Latin names and Hodge's numbers for about 1000 taxa from the NYC area, but I'd like to avoid the typing of an additional several thousand species that occur in the east. Thanks, Hugh Hugh McGuinness The Ross School 18 Goodfriend Drive East Hampton, NY 11937 hmcguinness AT ross.org ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: seeking Helicoverpa armigera specimens From: "Holder, Peter" <Peter.Holder AT lincolnuni.ac.nz> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:30:34 +0000 Dear Leps-L List Server members I am seeking adult samples of Helicoverpa armigera [Noctuidae], collected and stored dry (ie., not in alcohol). I'm conducting a program assessing the value of using stable isotope and trace element profiles to trace the origin of artificially transported insects, and are using H. armigera as the model insect. I am seeking specimens from sites across Australia, Indonesia, a pacific island nation, China, India, an EU country, USA and Japan. Ideally, I'd like to have the specimens in hand before May 2010, and will be most grateful to receive specimens any time between now and then (realizing its not the ideal window for northern hemisphere collecting). I'm aimming for 4 moths per centre, but will be happy with what ever number come in. If you have any samples that you can spare, or know of a colleague who may, please contact me directly: peter.holder AT lincolnuni.ac.nz Many thanks, Peter Peter Holder | Bio-Protection Research Centre| Lincoln University Ellesmere Junction Road/Springs Road, Lincoln| PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, Canterbury, New Zealand Phone +64-3-3255 811 extn 8199; Mobile 021 20 222 95 | Web: http://bioprotection.org.nz/project/project-description/stable-isotopes-geo-location-markers-exotic-insects Subject: Dr. Richard Stringer From: butrfly AT epix.net Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:12:52 +0000 (UTC) Dr. Richard Stringer if you are on this list please contact me immediately. Rick Mikula - butrfly AT epix.net ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: RE: No one objects to the mass killing of Wasps for ID purposes From: jadams AT daltonstate.edu Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:03:24 +0000 (GMT) Sal wrote: > . . . And most of us draw the line > someplace. It is just different places for different people. It > makes perfect sense to me that some people feel it is wrong to > kill the "warm, furry" insects (leps), but okay to kill those > that attack and annoy us (wasps). In my opinion, this is not > hypocritical, it is human. Maybe it's not hypocritical. But from a biological standpoint, it IS ignorant (I'm not saying ignorant with a negative connotation -- ignorance can be fixed [if desired], and we're all ignorant on something). If you had to choose one group or the other (leps vs. hymenops) and ask which is MORE detrimental to human existance on the planet, then the leps would be the choice. We spend ridiculous amounts of money each year trying to kill leps whose larvae eat the same plants we want to eat. There is no such worldwide directed attack on hymenops, and without the hymenops we would spend even MORE money trying to kill lep larvae, since quite a few help control lep larval populations. james Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: "jim taylor" <drivingiron AT bellsouth.net> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:19:59 -0400 Folks: A handy tip: spray the nose of your car with WD-40 before a trip, and the butterflies are easy to clean off. Jim Taylor PS: Enough, already. ----- Original Message ----- From: Royce J Bitzer To: cking AT YorkU.CA ; monarch AT saber.net Cc: LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu ; owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu ; TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:42 PM Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon Paul, I've had the privilege of reading your missives for years now, and your theme is so often the same. You frequently criticize biologists and ecologists for purportedly driving outsized cars, living in oversized houses, and trampling the world with their huge carbon footprints, and therefore being pretentious and hypocritical. But one thing I've _never_ heard from you in all this time is whether you yourself actually practice what you preach. What kind of car(s) do _you_ drive? How big is _your_ house? What do you have in your stock portfolio? What is the environmental impact of your own lifestyle? It's time to put your own cards on the table and show us what you're all about. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been curious about this. Cheers, Royce Bitzer At 02:01 PM 9/11/2009, Carolyn King wrote: Paul, There you go again, making personal attacks based on no information whatsoever. I would expect that anyone with any conscience or understanding of ecosystems would choose to kill any organisms without a good reason. We may differ on our assessment of the value of a particular study, but I hope that no one on this list disagree that "live traps are preferable". For your information, Paul, none of our officers drives a big SUV ( or, I believe, a van) and car-pooling is encouraged. Have a nice day, Carolyn p.s. For those of you not familiar with Paul, this sort of nastiness and lack of accuracy is not unusual. Paul Cherubini Sent by: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu 09/11/09 02:34 PM Please respond to monarch AT saber.net To LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu cc TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com Subject Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon The Toronto Entomologist's Association's "Collecting Code" says: Ethics of collecting: 9. Light traps: live traps are preferable and should be visited regularly and the catch should not be killed wholesale for subsequent examination. So the Association is essentially saying it is unethical to catch a bunch of moths at a light trap and kill them for subsequent examination. But the Association has no problem with members or officers who drive big SUV's or Vans to butterfly or moth watching sites and kill twice as many leps and other insects as those who drive compact cars. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. Subject: Re: No one objects to the mass killing of Wasps for ID purposes From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:40:33 -0700 Sal L. wrote: > It makes perfect sense to me that some people > feel it is wrong to kill the "warm, furry" insects > (leps), but okay to kill those that attack and > annoy us (wasps). In my opinion, this is not > hypocritical, it is human. But is it appropriate for a professional scientific organization like the Toronto Entomologist's Association to teach young people that it's morally OK to kill massive quantities of Wasps for identification and population abundance monitoring purposes, but not "warm, furry" moths or butterflies? Sam's message on the Wasp Project was posted on ENTOMO-L AT listserv.uoguelph.ca and Carolyn King of the Toronto Entomologist's Association has been a participant of that Canadian listserve. Carolyn did not raise any objection to the project's plan to kill thousands of Wasps across the USA and Canada for ID and population monitoring purposes. Paul Cherubini ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: No one objects to the mass killing of Wasps for ID purposes From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:17:36 -0700 Mona Miller wrote: > I actually participated in Sam's survey.  I caught a good number of > European Hornets and Paperwasp.  Sam had us pour beer in a soda > bottle and hang it from a tree for 3 weeks. Which substantiates my statement that no one objects, on moral grounds, to the collecting and killing (via drowning) of Wasps and Yellowjackets for identification or population abundance monitoring purposes. But the folks at the Toronto Entomologist's Association do object, on moral grounds, to the collecting (via light traps) and killing of moths for identification and population abundance monitoring purposes. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Correction: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: "Jonathan Sylvestre" <josylvestre AT sympatico.ca> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:22:25 -0400 Paul, I think killing moth (particularly when killing more specimens than needed) on light traps have much more impact than driving a SUV on a road at night. Most of the time, the moths species we kill on light traps would had never crossed a road and be killed by a car... unless you setup your light trap in a non specific habitat on the side of a major road... I think most of entomologists setup their light traps far away from any major road and cities... where we find the "surviving" moth. Thats why it have a greater impact than road kill in city higway... Also... why diminushing our negative impact by comparing it to something else that we suspect having a greater negative impact ??? All negatives impacts are negative to the moths populations...whether they are big or small... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Cherubini" To: Cc: Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:32 PM Subject: Re: Correction: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon > Carolyn King wrote: > >> Paul, none of our officers drives a big SUV ( or, I >> believe, a van) and car-pooling is encouraged. > >> I would expect that anyone with any conscience >> or understanding of ecosystems would choose >> to kill any organisms without a good reason. > > Carol, my point is the Toronto Entomologist's Association > WOULD NOT OBJECT to any member or officer driving > a big SUV or Van, even though such vehicles are essentially > recreational killing machines. They kill not for just > in one evening, but for thousands of days of use. > > Ditto in regard to any member or officer who owns a > big butterfly and moth habitat consuming home on a > big lot. Again the TEA would not object even though > the killing (via lep habitat loss) is recreational in nature > would be continual for the life of the home (likely > 100+ years). > > Ditto in regard to any member or officer who is overweight. > Again the TEA would not object even though the killing > (via lep habitat lost due to the extra acreage devoted to > growing more food and farm animals) is once again > recreational in nature would be continual for decades. > > Paul Cherubini > El Dorado, Calif. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: No one objects to the mass killing of Wasps for ID purposes From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:05:36 -0700 While the Toronto Entomologist's Association objects, on ethical grounds, to the killing of moths collected at light traps for identification purposes, the organization has no objection to the killing (via drowning) of Wasps and Yellowjackets for identification or population abundance monitoring purposes. Evidence: In early August Sam Droege of the USGS posted the following mesage on several butterfly and insect related list-serv's and no one from NABA or the Toronto Entomologist's Association objected: ================================== From: Sam Droege/USGS Subject: Need Your Help to test a Wasp and Yellowjacket Pilot Survey Date: Aug. 11, 2009 All: I could use your help to run a North American pilot test of an inexpensive trap for yellowjackets and hornets. If successful it might result in development of a unique long-term survey for this group. I have been in correspondence with workers in the Czech Republic, Great Britain, and Northwestern North America regarding the use of traps made from plastic drink and soda bottles partially filled with beer or apple juice/cider. These groups have been successful in trapping a variety of wasps. We would like to see something similar tested throughout the continent, this year we would like to get a feel for what species and situations might be most useful prior to do a larger and more statistical rigorous set of trials. This time of year is when populations of these colonial species are at their height and thus this email to encourage you participation. Sam Droege ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: RE: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: "Hageman, Daniel" <DHageman AT blcompanies.com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:30:52 -0400 Never seen so many PO'ed lepers - lifes too short -----Original Message----- From: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu on behalf of Mexicodoug Sent: Fri 9/11/2009 6:14 PM To: mariposa AT iastate.edu Cc: LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu; TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon "It's time to put your own cards on the table and show us what you're all about. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been curious about this." Hello Royce, Paul, Why would anyone be curious as to what Paul is all about - He seems not to believe in the sanctity of preserving insect life, just exposing his personal brand of hypocrisy. I would much rather he use his hobby to debunk by developing some peer reviewed population dynamics associated with the relative impact rankings he mentions. In the absence of that, the entire charged subject is pretty much devoid of substance. I would like to know only this: What clearly more effective method is there to educate the populace on respect for habitat and its conservation? If non-scientists perceive entomologists could care less about insect life at the most deliberate moments, how does this shake out regarding the politics of habitat conservation in general? Differences aside - we are all on the same team, right? Trading in a few SUVs sounds like a good idea anyway! Best wishes Doug -----Original Message----- From: Royce J Bitzer To: cking AT YorkU.CA; monarch AT saber.net Cc: LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu; owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu; TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, Sep 11, 2009 3:42 pm Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon Paul, I've had the privilege of reading your missives for years now, and your theme is so often the same. You frequently criticize biologists and ecologists for purportedly driving outsized cars, living in oversized houses, and trampling the world with their huge carbon footprints, and therefore being pretentious and hypocritical. But one thing I've _never_ heard from you in all this time is whether you yourself actually practice what you preach. What kind of car(s) do _you_ drive? How big is _your_ house? What do you have in your stock portfolio? What is the environmental impact of your own lifestyle? It's time to put your own cards on the table and show us what you're all about. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been curious about this. Cheers, Royce Bitzer At 02:01 PM 9/11/2009, Carolyn King wrote: Paul, There you go again, making personal attacks based on no information whatsoever. I would expect that anyone with any conscience or understanding of ecosystems would choose to kill any organisms without a good reason. We may differ on our assessment of the value of a particular study, but I hope that no one on this list disagree that "live traps are preferable". For your information, Paul, none of our officers drives a big SUV ( or, I believe, a van) and car-pooling is encouraged. Have a nice day, Carolyn p.s. For those of you not familiar with Paul, this sort of nastiness and lack of accuracy is not unusual. Paul Cherubini Sent by: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu 09/11/09 02:34 PM Please respond to monarch AT saber.net To LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu cc TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com Subject Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon The Toronto Entomologist's Association's "Collecting Code" says: Ethics of collecting: 9. Light traps: live traps are preferable and should be visited regularly and the catch should not be killed wholesale for subsequent examination. So the Association is essentially saying it is unethical to catch a bunch of moths at a light trap and kill them for subsequent examination. But the Association has no problem with members or officers who drive big SUV's or Vans to butterfly or moth watching sites and kill twice as many leps and other insects as those who drive compact cars. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: Mexicodoug <mexicodoug AT aim.com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:14:30 -0400 "It's time to put your own cards on the table and show us what you're all about. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been curious about this." Hello Royce, Paul, Why would anyone be curious as to what Paul is all about - He seems not to believe in the sanctity of preserving insect life, just exposing his personal brand of hypocrisy. I would much rather he use his hobby to debunk by developing some peer reviewed population dynamics associated with the relative impact rankings he mentions. In the absence of that, the entire charged subject is pretty much devoid of substance. I would like to know only this: What clearly more effective method is there to educate the populace on respect for habitat and its conservation? If non-scientists perceive entomologists could care less about insect life at the most deliberate moments, how does this shake out regarding the politics of habitat conservation in general? Differences aside - we are all on the same team, right? Trading in a few SUVs sounds like a good idea anyway! Best wishes Doug -----Original Message----- From: Royce J Bitzer To: cking AT YorkU.CA; monarch AT saber.net Cc: LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu; owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu; TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, Sep 11, 2009 3:42 pm Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon Paul, I've had the privilege of reading your missives for years now, and your theme is so often the same.  You frequently criticize biologists and ecologists for purportedly driving outsized cars, living in oversized houses, and trampling the world with their huge carbon footprints, and therefore being pretentious and hypocritical. But one thing I've _never_ heard from you in all this time is whether you yourself actually practice what you preach.  What kind of car(s) do _you_ drive?  How big is _your_ house?  What do you have in your stock portfolio?  What is the environmental impact of your own lifestyle? It's time to put your own cards on the table and show us what you're all about.  I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been curious about this. Cheers, Royce Bitzer At 02:01 PM 9/11/2009, Carolyn King wrote: Paul, There you go again, making personal attacks based on no information whatsoever. I would expect that anyone with any conscience or understanding of ecosystems would choose to kill any organisms without a good reason.  We may differ on our assessment of the value of a particular study, but I hope that no one on this list disagree that "live traps are preferable". For your information, Paul, none of our officers drives a big SUV ( or, I believe, a van) and car-pooling is encouraged. Have a nice day, Carolyn p.s.  For those of you not familiar with Paul, this sort of nastiness and lack of accuracy is not unusual. Paul Cherubini Sent by: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu 09/11/09 02:34 PM Please respond to monarch AT saber.net To LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu cc TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com Subject Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon The Toronto Entomologist's Association's "Collecting Code" says: Ethics of collecting: 9. Light traps: live traps are preferable and should be visited regularly and the catch should not be killed wholesale for subsequent examination. So the Association is essentially saying it is unethical to catch a bunch of moths at a light trap and kill them for subsequent examination. But the Association has no problem with members or officers who drive big SUV's or Vans to butterfly or moth watching sites and kill twice as many leps and other insects as those who drive compact cars.  Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Correction: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:32:51 -0700 Carolyn King wrote: > Paul, none of our officers drives a big SUV ( or, I > believe, a van) and car-pooling is encouraged. > I would expect that anyone with any conscience > or understanding of ecosystems would choose > to kill any organisms without a good reason. Carol, my point is the Toronto Entomologist's Association WOULD NOT OBJECT to any member or officer driving a big SUV or Van, even though such vehicles are essentially recreational killing machines. They kill not for just in one evening, but for thousands of days of use. Ditto in regard to any member or officer who owns a big butterfly and moth habitat consuming home on a big lot. Again the TEA would not object even though the killing (via lep habitat loss) is recreational in nature would be continual for the life of the home (likely 100+ years). Ditto in regard to any member or officer who is overweight. Again the TEA would not object even though the killing (via lep habitat lost due to the extra acreage devoted to growing more food and farm animals) is once again recreational in nature would be continual for decades. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: Royce J Bitzer <mariposa AT iastate.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:42:21 -0500 Paul, I've had the privilege of reading your missives for years now, and your theme is so often the same. You frequently criticize biologists and ecologists for purportedly driving outsized cars, living in oversized houses, and trampling the world with their huge carbon footprints, and therefore being pretentious and hypocritical. But one thing I've _never_ heard from you in all this time is whether you yourself actually practice what you preach. What kind of car(s) do _you_ drive? How big is _your_ house? What do you have in your stock portfolio? What is the environmental impact of your own lifestyle? It's time to put your own cards on the table and show us what you're all about. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been curious about this. Cheers, Royce Bitzer At 02:01 PM 9/11/2009, Carolyn King wrote: >Paul, >There you go again, making personal attacks based on no information >whatsoever. > >I would expect that anyone with any conscience or understanding of >ecosystems would choose to kill any organisms without a good >reason. We may differ on our assessment of the value of a >particular study, but I hope that no one on this list disagree that >"live traps are preferable". > >For your information, Paul, none of our officers drives a big SUV ( >or, I believe, a van) and car-pooling is encouraged. > >Have a nice day, >Carolyn > >p.s. For those of you not familiar with Paul, this sort of >nastiness and lack of accuracy is not unusual. > > >Paul Cherubini >Sent by: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu > >09/11/09 02:34 PM >Please respond to >monarch AT saber.net > >To >LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu >cc >TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com >Subject >Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon > > >The Toronto Entomologist's Association's "Collecting >Code" says: > >Ethics of collecting: > >9. Light traps: live traps are preferable and should be >visited regularly and the catch should not be killed >wholesale for subsequent examination. > >So the Association is essentially saying it is unethical >to catch a bunch of moths at a light trap and kill >them for subsequent examination. > >But the Association has no problem with members >or officers who drive big SUV's or Vans to butterfly >or moth watching sites and kill twice as many leps >and other insects as those who drive compact cars. > >Paul Cherubini >El Dorado, Calif. Subject: Correction: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: Carolyn King <cking AT YorkU.CA> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:45:41 -0400 Sorry - that should have read "I expect that *no one* with any conscience or understanding of ecosystems would choose to kill any organisms without a good reason. ..." Carolyn Carolyn King Sent by: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu 09/11/09 03:40 PM Please respond to cking AT YorkU.CA To monarch AT saber.net cc LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu, owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu, TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com Subject Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon Paul, There you go again, making personal attacks based on no information whatsoever. I would expect that anyone with any conscience or understanding of ecosystems would choose to kill any organisms without a good reason. We may differ on our assessment of the value of a particular study, but I hope that no one on this list disagree that "live traps are preferable". For your information, Paul, none of our officers drives a big SUV ( or, I believe, a van) and car-pooling is encouraged. Have a nice day, Carolyn p.s. For those of you not familiar with Paul, this sort of nastiness and lack of accuracy is not unusual. Paul Cherubini Sent by: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu 09/11/09 02:34 PM Please respond to monarch AT saber.net To LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu cc TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com Subject Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon The Toronto Entomologist's Association's "Collecting Code" says: Ethics of collecting: 9. Light traps: live traps are preferable and should be visited regularly and the catch should not be killed wholesale for subsequent examination. So the Association is essentially saying it is unethical to catch a bunch of moths at a light trap and kill them for subsequent examination. But the Association has no problem with members or officers who drive big SUV's or Vans to butterfly or moth watching sites and kill twice as many leps and other insects as those who drive compact cars. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: Carolyn King <cking AT YorkU.CA> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:01:39 -0400 Paul, There you go again, making personal attacks based on no information whatsoever. I would expect that anyone with any conscience or understanding of ecosystems would choose to kill any organisms without a good reason. We may differ on our assessment of the value of a particular study, but I hope that no one on this list disagree that "live traps are preferable". For your information, Paul, none of our officers drives a big SUV ( or, I believe, a van) and car-pooling is encouraged. Have a nice day, Carolyn p.s. For those of you not familiar with Paul, this sort of nastiness and lack of accuracy is not unusual. Paul Cherubini Sent by: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu 09/11/09 02:34 PM Please respond to monarch AT saber.net To LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu cc TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com Subject Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon The Toronto Entomologist's Association's "Collecting Code" says: Ethics of collecting: 9. Light traps: live traps are preferable and should be visited regularly and the catch should not be killed wholesale for subsequent examination. So the Association is essentially saying it is unethical to catch a bunch of moths at a light trap and kill them for subsequent examination. But the Association has no problem with members or officers who drive big SUV's or Vans to butterfly or moth watching sites and kill twice as many leps and other insects as those who drive compact cars. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:56:03 -0700 The Toronto Entomologist's Association's "Collecting Code" says: Ethics of collecting: 9. Light traps: live traps are preferable and should be visited regularly and the catch should not be killed wholesale for subsequent examination. So the Association is essentially saying it is unethical to catch a bunch of moths at a light trap and kill them for subsequent examination. But the Association has no problem with members or officers who drive big SUV's or Vans to butterfly or moth watching sites and kill twice as many leps and other insects as those who drive compact cars. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: Carolyn King <cking AT YorkU.CA> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:46:00 -0400 Thank you, Alan. Regarding my original e-mail (to the Monarch Watch listserv): I should clarify that the moths in the case I referred to were not being collected, only ID'd. I believe they were all discarded. They were mainly Catocalas, some species of which I had never seen before. I am not against responsible collecting. Carolyn King Alan Wormington Sent by: owner-leps-l AT lists.yale.edu 09/11/09 12:30 AM Please respond to wormington AT juno.com To monarch AT saber.net cc TILS-leps-talk AT yahoogroups.com, LEPS-L AT lists.yale.edu Subject Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon Paul, Your statement is not correct. The TEA has a "catch-and-release" policy which applies ONLY to its scheduled outings, which are open to the public. Many TEA members are actually active collectors, and their data is often published in TEA annual summaries. On the TEA website there is a "Collecting Code": http://www.ontarioinsects.org/Collect.htm which is derived (in part) from a similar one created by the "Committee on Collecting policy of the Lepidopterists' Society in the USA" I can actually see the benefit of having a "no collecting" policy when an outing is taking place involving the public, and obviously when such outings might take place in protected parks, etc. Plus if the group is trying to enjoy (and maybe photograph) something of interest, you don't want someone in the group suddenly grabbing and killing it. (If you need to know, I am an active collector of both butterflies and moths.) Cheers, Alan Wormington Leamington, Ontario * * * * * * * * * * * * * * On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:10:49 -0700 Paul Cherubini writes: > Used to be that Moth collectors, unlike Butterfly > collectors, could freely and openly collect > without some people protesting their activities > as "barbaric", etc. But that may be changing > in politically liberal regions as evidenced by the fact > the Toronto Entomologists Association already > has a Catch & Release policy in regard to moths. > ================================== > [DPLEX-L:37291] Re: glassine envelopes > Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:15 PM > > From: "Carolyn King" > To: dplex-l AT listproc.cc.ku.edu > > I think the glassine envelopes are sold because they > are considered the best thing to hold dead specimens. > I don't think that entomology companies expect > anyone to store live specimens. Traditionally, > entomologists killed everything. On the first Moth > Night I went to (many years ago), all the moths > were killed and laid out to be identified. I was > shocked. Today our Moth Nights are strictly > catch-and-release. > > Carolyn King > Toronto Entomologists' Association > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" --- Alan Wormington ____________________________________________________________ Wanna lose weight? Weight Loss Programs that work. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYdWp7QRzpDGAalpo61PKFXmUY3kVamyNQ1P31tsHOJ6rnkQSIo/ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: Mexicodoug <mexicodoug AT aim.com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:10:01 -0400 Quoting: ...which is derived (in part) from a similar one created by the "Committee on Collecting policy of the Lepidopterists' Society in the USA"... Hello Alan, Tiptoeing around those making an issue of collecting vs. no-collecting, and noting that the Lep Soc's statement was released in Houston, I just wanted to post this regarding the Lepidopterists' Society for those who are unfamiliar with it as a worldwide union of anyone pursuing there varied interests in Leps, and note that one committee member responsible for that statement was: Dr. J. Donald Lafontaine of the Canadian National Collection, and the first president of the Lep Soc actually founded the CNC in its current form, from what I understand (forgive my ignorance). Just in case anyone might misread your comment to suggest that the Lep Soc catered to only the USA - those of us who have been members outside the US borders consider it just as much ours and it is a wonderful organization since its inception and through all of its delightful quirks. Subject: The lep course From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:30:49 -0700 A very, very preliminary announcement. Much more details to follow over the next few months, all of which will be posted on the course website, www.lepcourse.org ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: Alan Wormington <wormington AT juno.com> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:53:02 -0400 Paul, Your statement is not correct. The TEA has a "catch-and-release" policy which applies ONLY to its scheduled outings, which are open to the public. Many TEA members are actually active collectors, and their data is often published in TEA annual summaries. On the TEA website there is a "Collecting Code": http://www.ontarioinsects.org/Collect.htm which is derived (in part) from a similar one created by the "Committee on Collecting policy of the Lepidopterists' Society in the USA" I can actually see the benefit of having a "no collecting" policy when an outing is taking place involving the public, and obviously when such outings might take place in protected parks, etc. Plus if the group is trying to enjoy (and maybe photograph) something of interest, you don't want someone in the group suddenly grabbing and killing it. (If you need to know, I am an active collector of both butterflies and moths.) Cheers, Alan Wormington Leamington, Ontario * * * * * * * * * * * * * * On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:10:49 -0700 Paul Cherubini writes: > Used to be that Moth collectors, unlike Butterfly > collectors, could freely and openly collect > without some people protesting their activities > as "barbaric", etc. But that may be changing > in politically liberal regions as evidenced by the fact > the Toronto Entomologists Association already > has a Catch & Release policy in regard to moths. > ================================== > [DPLEX-L:37291] Re: glassine envelopes > Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:15 PM > > From: "Carolyn King" > To: dplex-l AT listproc.cc.ku.edu > > I think the glassine envelopes are sold because they > are considered the best thing to hold dead specimens. > I don't think that entomology companies expect > anyone to store live specimens.  Traditionally, > entomologists killed everything.  On the first Moth > Night I went to (many years ago), all the moths > were killed and laid out to be identified.  I was > shocked.  Today our Moth Nights are strictly > catch-and-release. > > Carolyn King > Toronto Entomologists' Association > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" --- Alan Wormington ____________________________________________________________ Wanna lose weight? Weight Loss Programs that work. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYdWp7QRzpDGAalpo61PKFXmUY3kVamyNQ1P31tsHOJ6rnkQSIo/ ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: The lep course From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:30:49 -0700 A very, very preliminary announcement. Much more details to follow over the next few months, all of which will be posted on the course website, www.lepcourse.org Subject: Moth Collecting May Soon Be Frowned Upon From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:10:49 -0700 Used to be that Moth collectors, unlike Butterfly collectors, could freely and openly collect without some people protesting their activities as "barbaric", etc. But that may be changing in politically liberal regions as evidenced by the fact the Toronto Entomologists Association already has a Catch & Release policy in regard to moths. ================================== [DPLEX-L:37291] Re: glassine envelopes Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:15 PM From: "Carolyn King" To: dplex-l AT listproc.cc.ku.edu I think the glassine envelopes are sold because they are considered the best thing to hold dead specimens. I don't think that entomology companies expect anyone to store live specimens.  Traditionally, entomologists killed everything.  On the first Moth Night I went to (many years ago), all the moths were killed and laid out to be identified.  I was shocked.  Today our Moth Nights are strictly catch-and-release. Carolyn King Toronto Entomologists' Association ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: APB_Acontia dacia From: "Wagner, David" <david.wagner AT uconn.edu> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 12:17:12 -0400 Acontia dacia was formerly regarded to be an occasional pest of cotton across the southern US. Another, once hyper-abundant, noctuid that fed on cotton, Alabama argillacea, appears to have been extirpated from the United States. I am wondering if the same fate may await (or have already befallen) other cotton associates. Is anyone still seeing this species? Thanks. David L. Wagner Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Storrs, CT 06269-3043 v. (860) 486-2139; f. (860) 486-6364 Subject: Passing of Bill Howe From: "Jim Mason" <jim AT gpnc.org> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:12:00 -0500 Mike Stoakes reports that William Howe has passed away from complications following a major stroke. Bill edited and illustrated the book "Butterflies of North America" in 1975 and continued to paint butterflies for the rest of his life. Here is what Mike wrote on Wednesday. He would be pleased to hear from anyone who knew Bill. ********************** Bill passed away yesterday (Aug. 18) at 6:05 a.m. A memorial service is being planned for the evening of Thursday, Aug. 27 at the Carnegie Cultural Center (5th and Main St.) in Ottawa, KS. A memorial fund is being established which will benefit Franklin County, KS art students with scholarships. In addition, funds are being accepted for a headstone in Ottawa's Highland Cemetery where Bill's ashes will be buried. Let me know if you're interested in contributing to one or both, and I'll pass along the specifics. Bill's knowledge and artistic skills are lasting gifts to all who knew or knew of him, as well as to the larger community of scientists, naturalists, and lovers of nature's infinite beauty. He will be missed. Respectfully, Mike Stoakes Lee's Summit, MO 816-554-1956 mstoakes AT juno.com ********************** Jim Mason, Naturalist Jim AT gpnc.org Great Plains Nature Center 6232 E. 29th Street North Wichita, KS 67220-2200 316-683-5499 x103 - voice 316-688-9555 - fax www.gpnc.org Subject: Fwd: black witch moth - Boise Idaho - 14-VIII-2009 From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:50:16 -0500 Photo of worn BWM (Ascalapha odorata) female was included in the report below. I have one earlier Idaho record: Idaho Nez Perce Co. Lapwai (at 1000' elev) 10 Aug 2005 http://www.texasento.net/witchna.htm Mike Quinn, Austin, TX On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:30 PM, FRANCENE LIVINGSTON wrote: > > Hi, > My name is Francene Livingston, I am in Ada county, Boise Idaho. It is 08/14/09. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: RE: Another new butterfly for Sri Lanka From: Andrew Warren <hesperioidea AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:32:37 -0700 (PDT) Dear Michael and Nancy, Congratulations on your discovery of Cephrenes trichiopepla in Sri Lanka! Those Cephrenes have apparently been busy colonizing the Indian subcontinent, as a discovery a couple years back also shows: http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/06/04/stories/2007060452540100.htm I'm just waiting for the first New World record for Cephrenes; seems it is only a matter of time... Best, Andy Warren Subject: Another new butterfly for Sri Lanka From: Michael and Nancy van der Poorten <info AT srilankaninsects.net> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:34:32 +0530 Another new butterfly for Sri Lanka The discovery by Dr. Michael (George) van der Poorten of a species of butterfly (Cephrenes trichopepla) new to Sri Lanka marks the 245th species for the island. C. trichopepla is endemic to the Australian region where it is called the Yellow Palm-dart. It is a small brown and orange-yellow skipper with distinct markings. It probably arrived in Sri Lanka many years ago on a palm plant brought in from that region but went unnoticed because of its very close resemblance in the field to our native skipper, the Pale Palm-dart (Telicota colon). The new species may be distinguished from the Pale Palm-dart by the presence of a large black spot on the hind wing of both sexes, and the lack of a sex mark on the forewing of the male. The Yellow Palm-dart is now widespread in the northwestern province in plantations with very young coconut palms where it is a pest. We will continue to study this butterfly and to map its distribution in the island. For more details and photos, please go to: www.srilankaninsects.net. Michael & Nancy van der Poorten. ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: [Fwd: Authoritative Identification of Anisota cf. virginiensis] From: "Charles V Covell Jr." <covell AT louisville.edu> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:16:48 -0400 Hi Tim. Good to hear from you. I am pretty sure these are _Anisota virginiensis_. "I'm not an Anisota specialist, but I play one on TV!" Cheers, Charlie >>> Tim Cashatt 08/03/09 4:09 PM >>> Tim Vogt would like to have this pair of Anisota sp determined by an Anisota specialist. Therefore, I am forwarding his message to this listserve for your help: "These are the photos and I have the specimens. Unfortunately, I had no killing jar with me. By the time I got back to the truck the male had lost most of its scales. The female is in mint condition. The locality, Big Sugar Creek State Park, is near both OK and AR. It also is in a very interesting ecoregion of MO (several endemics in the vicinity). The photos were taken and the specimens collected 10-June-2009. Would you please forward my request for identification to the LepServe? Ask them to please copy me in the response. I surmise that genitalic dissections may be necessary." Thank you for your time and help. Tim Tim Vogt - Park Scientist Division of State Parks / R.M.I.P. Missouri Department of Natural Resources 1659 East Elm Street Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Phone: 573.526.1590; Fax 573.751.8656 tim.vogt AT dnr.mo.gov -- Everett D. (Tim) Cashatt, Ph.D. Chair and Curator of Zoology Illinois State Museum Research and Collection Center 1011 E. Ash Street Springfield, IL 62703 Tel. (217) 782-6689 FAX (217) 785-2857 http://www.museum.state.il.us/research/entomology/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: No Subject From: Tim Cashatt <cashatt AT museum.state.il.us> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:54:37 -0500 Tim Vogt would like to have this pair of Anisota sp determined by an Anisota specialist. Therefore, I am forwarding his message to this listserve for your help: "These are the photos and I have the specimens. Unfortunately, I had no killing jar with me. By the time I got back to the truck the male had lost most of its scales. The female is in mint condition. The locality, Big Sugar Creek State Park, is near both OK and AR. It also is in a very interesting ecoregion of MO (several endemics in the vicinity). The photos were taken and the specimens collected 10-June-2009. Would you please forward my request for identification to the LepServe? Ask them to please copy me in the response. I surmise that genitalic dissections may be necessary." Thank you for your time and help. Tim Tim Vogt - Park Scientist Division of State Parks / R.M.I.P. Missouri Department of Natural Resources 1659 East Elm Street Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Phone: 573.526.1590; Fax 573.751.8656 tim.vogt AT dnr.mo.gov -- Everett D. (Tim) Cashatt, Ph.D. Chair and Curator of Zoology Illinois State Museum Research and Collection Center 1011 E. Ash Street Springfield, IL 62703 Tel. (217) 782-6689 FAX (217) 785-2857 http://www.museum.state.il.us/research/entomology/index.html Subject: Fwd: Black Witch Moth - Atlanta, GA - Jul 26, 2009 From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:27:39 -0500 Erin sent a photo of a worn female BWM. I have relatively few BWM records from Georgia, though I've been getting a number of reports from Florida of last so I take it they were a bit restless to the south... http://www.texasento.net/witchstates.htm#GA Am also getting the usual large number of BWM reports from across Texas, but none (save this one) from other states yet... Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 2:14 PM, wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I’ve got what I think is a Black Witch Moth outside my house right now. I > got a couple good pictures. Thought you might like one. We live in > Ansley Park in Midtown Atlanta. Please let me know if I am incorrect about > this being a Black Witch Moth. It is amazing. I can’t believe how big it > is. Its wing span is close to 5 inches. Fabulous! > > Best wishes, > Erin > > Subject: FW: SDMNH entomology position From: "Gall, Lawrence" <lawrence.gall AT yale.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:58:16 -0400 Forwarding this announcement on behalf of SDNHM: - - - Lawrence F. Gall, Ph.D. Head, Computer Systems Office Informatics Manager, Entomology Executive Editor, Peabody Publications Lepidoptera Section Editor, Zootaxa Peabody Museum of Natural History P.O. Box 208118, Yale University New Haven, CT 06520-8118 USA http://www.peabody.yale.edu email: lawrence.gall AT yale.edu phone: 1-203-432-9892 FAX: 1-203-432-9816 ----- JOB POSTING FOR: Entomology Project/Collection Manager San Diego Natural History Museum The San Diego Natural History Museum is seeking qualified applicants for a position as Project/Collection Manager in the Department of Entomology. The San Diego Natural History Museum's (SDNHM) collection of over 1 million terrestrial arthropods contains significant historical material for a binational region that is immensely biologically diverse and experiencing unprecedented population growth and development. With dramatically renewed institutional support for the Entomology Department and recent NSF Biological Research Collections funding, SDNHM is poised to significantly improve access to its historical and contemporary collections from southern California and Baja California. Responsibilities: The Collection Manager will be responsible for the daily management of a two-year project designed to 1) create an online storage location inventory that combines data on taxonomy, quantity of material, and collection health to form a baseline for future goals and improvements; 2) reorganize the collection, redistributing space to reflect current and anticipated collection growth and to incorporate several high-quality, recently donated regional collections with urgent needs; 3) re-house fluid-preserved collection for better long-term storage and access, and 4) develop an online type specimen image database for the 211 primary types held in the department. Duties will also include general collection management activities such as loan preparation, public inquiries and tours, purchasing, supervision of students and volunteers, and managing the use of the collection. Skills: Experience in specimen-based entomology, field-based specimen collection, dry and wet specimen preparation, specimen-based research, and project management. Preferred applicants will have demonstrated experience working with volunteers and undergraduates. Prior training: Bachelor degree and one year in related field, or an equivalent combination of training, education and experience. Preference will be given to applicants with a MS degree or higher, collections management experience, specialist knowledge in Lepidoptera and experience with web development. To apply, please submit a letter of interest with 1) a curriculum vitae, 2) collections management statement describing your experience and interests, and 2) the names and contact information of three references. Consideration of application will begin on August 3rd, 2009. Send application packages via email to mwall AT sdnhm.org. Please no phone calls. Subject: Free scientific name spelling checker From: SBSP AT aol.com Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:59:34 EDT Would you like to add the scientific names of all North American butterflies to your spelling checker? Visit our web site for instructions on obtaining a free copy of the lexicon file LEPILEXI that can be installed on almost any Windows or Macintosh word processor. And while at the site be sure to read about our program LEPILIST which is used to record sightings and collections of butterflies and other lepidoptera. SANTA BARBARA SOFTWARE PRODUCTS Web site: birdbase.com E-mail: sbsp AT aol.com **************Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove00000003) Subject: Re: Very important new moth paper! From: "Don Lafontaine" <burnbank AT sympatico.ca> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 20:26:30 -0400 Tom, As for the other species, Ferguson in 1985 moved proxima into the genus Notarctia Smith (missed in the 1983 list) and showed that not only was Notarctia proxima distinct from both Apantesis and Grammia, but also that "proxima" is actually two species and raised arizonensis from synonymy for the second one. Ferguson DC (1985) Contribution toward reclassification of the world genera of the tribe Arctiini, Part 1 - Introduction and a revision of the Neoarctia-Grammia group (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Entomography 3: 181-275. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Walsh" To: "Thomas Carr" Cc: ; "Leps-l" ; Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 4:50 PM Subject: Re: Very important new moth paper! > Tom: > > Ah, the power of keyword search in Acrobat: > > G. turbans pg. 515. Syn of obliterata > > >> I noticed that the names G. turbans (species #8174 in Hodges checklist), >> G. proxima and G. p. mormonica (#8181 and #8181a in Hodges) are not >> mentioned in the revision, at least not that I could find. C > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: > > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Very important new moth paper! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:50:26 -0700 Tom: Ah, the power of keyword search in Acrobat: G. turbans pg. 515. Syn of obliterata > I noticed that the names G. turbans (species #8174 in Hodges > checklist), G. proxima and G. p. mormonica (#8181 and #8181a in > Hodges) are not mentioned in the revision, at least not that I could > find. C ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Re: Very important new moth paper! From: Bruce Walsh <jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:50:26 -0700 Tom: Ah, the power of keyword search in Acrobat: G. turbans pg. 515. Syn of obliterata > I noticed that the names G. turbans (species #8174 in Hodges > checklist), G. proxima and G. p. mormonica (#8181 and #8181a in > Hodges) are not mentioned in the revision, at least not that I could > find. C Subject: Re: Very important new moth paper! From: Thomas Carr <tom_robyn_carr AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:59:02 -0700 (PDT) This revision is indeed a wealth of new info, but I am confused on a couple things. I noticed that the names G. turbans (species #8174 in Hodges checklist), G. proxima and G. p. mormonica (#8181 and #8181a in Hodges) are not mentioned in the revision, at least not that I could find. Can anyone tell me the status of those names? Thanks. Tom Carr --- On Thu, 7/2/09, Bruce Walsh wrote: > From: Bruce Walsh > Subject: Very important new moth paper! > To: "DesertLeps AT yahoogroups.com" , "Leps-l" , "SoWestLep AT yahoogroups.com" > Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 7:32 PM > Major congratulations to Chris > Schmidt, whose brilliant revision of the genus > Grammia (Arctiinae) has just appeared in the Zoological > Journal of the Linnean > Society (156: 507--597).  90 pages of color plates, > range maps, DNA -- all the > good stuff! > > Congrats Chris! > > Now get to work on the Arctiinae MONAs!! > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > >    For subscription and related information > about LEPS-L visit: > >    http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ For subscription and related information about LEPS-L visit: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/lepsl Subject: Powell Opler Western Moth Book From: "Gary Anweiler" <gganweiler AT shaw.ca> Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 00:41:40 -0600 When I read Bruce Walsh's effusive accolades for this book, I thought it was a bit over the top. However, as I have a chance to actually USE the book, it is slowly dawning on me that he is absolutely right!. Jesus May and Joseph, there is a HUGE amount of new and wonderful information therein. Thank you Jerry and Paul for completing and offering us this this massive work. I am in awe. Gary Anweiler