LEPIDOPTERA BIODIVERSITY LLCİ
Founded June 2006
By
Hugo L. Kons Jr. & Robert
J. Borth
MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of Lepidoptera Biodiversity LLC
is to conduct and publish research which increases the scientific understanding
of Lepidoptera and natural habitats, and which improves the potential for their
preservation.
PROFILE
Lepidoptera Biodiversity LLC is a private research
institution active in a variety of avenues of Lepidoptera research, including
biodiversity inventories and studies of Lepidoptera evolution, taxonomy, three
dimensional morphological imagery, molecular genetics, distribution, habitat
dependency, phenology, ecology, and conservation. Our current focus is a phylogenetic study and
revision of the Catocala (Noctuidae) integrating morphology and mitochondrial
DNA. We are collaborating with Larry
Gall and David Hawks on the MONA fascicle for Catocala, and are working on a series of publications that will
provide high quality images of adults and genitalia of all known Nearctic taxa
and as many old world taxa as possible.
We also publish the North American Journal of Lepidoptera Biodiversity,
a scientific journal specializing in monographs or series of papers presenting
Lepidoptera biodiversity inventory data and analysis for sites in North
America. Furthermore, we maintain a web
site with a variety of different resources for those interested in Lepidoptera.
PUBLICATIONS
North American Journal
of Lepidoptera Biodiversity
Articles
Describing New Species
Supplemental
Plates for Published Articles
Biodiversity
Inventory/Biodiversity Blitz Articles
LATEST NEWS
ON-
TERMINOLOGY FOR LEPIDOPTERA MORPHOLOGY
Genitalia Structural Terminology for Catocala
and Related Genera
Wing Structural & Pattern Terminology for
Catocala and Related Genera
DISSECTION PROCEDURE FOR SPECIES LEVEL AND
PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES
Male Dissection Procedure and Exemplar Images
(Catocala aholibah)
Female Dissection
Procedure and Exemplar Images (Catocala sappho)
PHOTO
GALLERIES
Three Dimensional
Lepidoptera Genitalia
GT Vision
Images of Lepidoptera and Other Insects
Field and Specimen
Photo Gallery
Habitats of
Lepidoptera Survey Localities
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Lepidoptera
Survey Methods Utilized by the North American Lepidoptera Biodiversity LLC
Click on the above link for illustrations and a
discussion of techniques used for surveying for Lepidoptera.
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LEPIDOPTERA CHECK LISTS
All species in the below check lists are
documented with collected voucher specimens.
Currently
many of our check lists are only available on-line, although our plans are to publish
all of these in print in the North American Journal of Lepidoptera Biodiversity
or another source. We use our web site to provide pdfs of published checklists,
provide on-line updates to published check lists, and make available some check
lists which have not yet been published in print. Follow this link to
see what check lists have been published in available NAJLB volumes. For
modifications of our on-line check lists subsequent to 2015 we will provide an
archive of the previous versions as well as the most recent version.
*=Published In Print
On-Line Only Check Lists are copyright
Lepidoptera Biodiversity LLC
[BI]=Biodiversity Inventory Check List
(A list of species for a site or region derived from surveys at different times
of the year).
[BB]=Biodiversity Blitz Check List (A
list of species including detailed collection data for individual specimens
(date, specific locality within a site (usually with GPS coordinates), survey method,
and habitat). Our Lepidoptera
biodiversity blitzes involve an attempt to document all Lepidoptera species
encountered (in targeted families) at the survey stations deployed at a given
locality on a given date.
Check Lists Are Arranged Alphabetically
By State And Then Locality
Alabama
*Splinter
Hill Bog Preserve (The Nature Conservancy) (Baldwin County) [BB]
Florida
Regional
Northern Florida
Regional Check List [BI]
Multiple Localities
*47 North Florida
Localities (with analysis of habitat and phenology)
Specific Localities
American
Entomological Institute Property (Alachua County, FL) [BI]
Blackwater River State Forest (Okaloosa & Santa Rosa
Counties) [BB]
University of
Florida Katharine Ordway Preserve (Putnam County, FL) [BI/BB]
University of Florida
Natural Area Teaching Lab [BI]
Georgia
Alligator
Creek Wildlife Management Area [BB: Catocala]
Indiana
Twin Swamps
Nature Preserve (Posey County) [BB]
Kentucky
Kingdom
Come State Park (Harlan & Letcher Counties) [BB]
Mississippi
Tombigbee
State Park (Lee County) [BB]
Missouri
Otter
Slough Conservation Area (Stoddard County) [BB]
Oklahoma
Luther,
Oklahoma including Rustic Acres Road (Oklahoma County, Oklahoma)
Texas
Atlanta
State Park (Cass County) [BB]
Pedernales Falls State Park (Blanco County) [BB]
Roy
Larsen Sandylands Preserve (Hardin County) [BB]
Virginia
Montgomery
County (Jefferson National Forest & Other Localities)
Regional
Wisconsin (State
Check List) [BI]
Outagamie
County (Wisconsin) [BI]
Butterflies
of Outagamie County, Wisconsin [BI]
Southern Kettle
Moraine State Forest (Southeast Wisconsin) [BI]
Specific Localities
Dunbar Barrens
(Marinette County, Wisconsin) [BI/BB]
Fallen Timbers
Environmental Center (Outagamie County, Wisconsin) [BI]
Kettle Moraine
Fen & Low Prairie (Waukesha County) [BB]
Mosquito Hill
Nature Center (Outagamie County, Wisconsin) [BI]
Schmeeckle
Reserve (Portage County, Wisconsin) [BI]
Namekogan Barrens (Burnett County, Wisconsin)
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Hugo L. Kons Jr.: Robert J. Borth:
719 W. Summer Street 10327
N Westport Circle
Appleton, WI 54914 Mequon,
WI 53092
hkonsjr@yahoo.com bobborth@sbcglobal.net
Hugo L. Kons Jr. Robert
J. Borth
Monangahela
National Forest (West Virginia) Near Cranberry Glades, July 2002 Pedernales Falls State Park (Texas),
May 2003
Web Site Created and Designed
by Hugo Kons Jr.
Photos copyright Lepidoptera
Biodiversity LLC
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Future Additions
Lepidoptera Habitats of Northern Florida
Click on the above link to view images of North
Florida Lepidoptera habitats and some of the species hypothesized to be
dependent on particular habitat types.
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LEPIDOPTERA BIODIVERSITY BLITZ SURVEY LOCATIONS
A
primary research emphasis of the North American Lepidoptera Biodiversity LLC is
conducting Lepidoptera biodiversity inventories. Between 2002 and 2009 we have traveled
extensively in the United States and conducted many all night biodiversity
blitz surveys, where we attempted to document each Lepidoptera species
encountered in targeted families (Psychidae, Yponomeutidae, Attevidae,
Urodidae, Cossidae, Lacturidae, Zygaenidae, Megalopygidae, Limacodidae,
Epipyropidae, Thyrididae, Thyatiridae, Drepanidae, Geometridae, Epiplemidae,
Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Riodinidae, Nymphalidae,
Mimallonidae, Lasiocampidae, Apatelodidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae,
Notodontidae, and Noctuidae (including Arctiinae and Lymantriinae as Noctuid
subfamilies). Many of our surveys have
been volunteer work conducted on lands where conservation of natural resources
is a defined management objective, as on these types of lands collection based
surveys are especially critical for long term conservation goals. Without
a vouchered base line of data on the Lepidoptera species that occur in an area,
there will be no way to evaluate if the Lepidoptera fauna of that area is being
preserved in the future. The biological
and ecological information obtained by amateur and professional scientific
collectors is also important to understanding the needs of particular
species. Aside from direct destruction
of habitat, prohibiting or discouraging scientific collecting and the resulting
loss of critical information are among the most detrimental policies that can
be instated with respect to long term conservation goals.
We have
supplied many conservation land managers with reports of our findings, and
publishing the results of these inventories in the North American Journal of
Lepidoptera Biodiversity is an ongoing process.
The following link provides information on the locations of some of our
surveys.
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