Resources for The Lep Course

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since 3 Sept 2010

COURSE NOTES

Most information has now moved to course resources wikispaces Notes from 2011 class

• John Brown's notes
  1. Quick (first-pass) lepidoptera key
  2. New Lepidoptera classification
• LaFontaine and Schimdt classification of the superfamily Noctuoidea
  1. pdf of Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea of North America
  2. Excell spreadsheet -- pdf -- of genera (Hugh McGuinness)
• Walsh Mattigamma excerise
  1. pdf, ----, powerpoint

Notes from 2010 class

• Chris Schmidt lectures
  1. Introduction to macros (pdf, 4.3MB)
  2. Labeling standards (pdf, 20K)
  3. Collecting techniques.pdf (pdf, 956K)
• John Brown Lectures
  1. Introduction to micros (powerpoint, 8.9 MB)
• Jim Miller Lectures
  1. Introduction to Lepidoptera Biology and Morphology (pdf 42 MB)

LIBRARY

• Taxomony
  1. Franclement (1986). Matigramma revision (J. Kan Ent Soc 59: 143--172). (5.5MB)

• Higher-level Classification of the Lepidoptera
  1. Regier et al. 2009. Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:280. pdf (1MB)

  2. Mutanen et al. 2010. Comprehensive gene and taxon coverage elucidates radiation patterns in moths and butterflies. Proc. R. Soc. B 277: 2839-2848. pdf (492k)

RESOURCES:

• Moth photographer's group website
• Moths of SE Arizona wbesite
• Moth Collecting and Curation Techniques website