Collections
and Other Sources Used to Develop the South Carolina Moths ChecklistCollections
and Other Sources Used to Develop the South Carolina Moths Checklist
Words in red correspond to what might be seen in the column entitled "Collection" after a search has been accomplished.
Major Contributors (in terms of records or specimens examined):
BAMONA= Data gathered
from the Butterflies and Moths
of North America website. All records are based on contributed photos
with identification by volunteer experts.
BugGuide = Data found with photo in website BugGuide.net
C of C = College of Charleston, Department of Biology
Clemson = Clemson
University Arthropod Collection
Congaree Survey = Collected or observed within
Congaree National Park (Richland County) in survey conducted 2009-2010 by Drs.
J. Culin, B. Scholtens, J. Snyder, T. Thoms, D. Wagner.
Dominick = R.
B. Dominick collection at the University of South Carolina Department of
Biology
FUZC = Furman
University Zoological Collection (Department of Biology)
Grier = Jon J. Grier private collection
MEM = Mississippi
Entomological Museum at Mississippi State University
MONA = Published in a fascicle of "Moths of
America North of Mexico , Including Greenland," Wedge Entomological Research
Foundation. (Click HERE
to go to a complete database of specimens described in Fascicles 7.6 and 27.1.)
MPG = Data provided by the Moth
Photographers Group.
NCSU = North
Carolina State University Insect Collection in the Department of Entomology
NMNH = National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian),
Washington DC (formerly United States National Museum)
Oehlke = Data from William Oehlke's website The
Sphingidae of South Carolina
Phillips = personal communication from Gary Phillips
(Conway, Horry Co., SC)
Season Summary = the Season
Summary published annually by The Lepidopterists' Society
Simpson = Ray G. Simpson
private collection and described in BugGuide.net
UGA = Georgia
Museum of Natural History at the University of Georgia
Minor Contributors (fewer than 20 records or fewer than several hundred specimens examined):
Adams =
James K. Adams private collection
Addy =
Frank. R. Addy contributed observation
Anderson= Ashley
Anderson private collection
Brou = Journal articles: (a) Brou, V. A. (1980). New status for Eumorpha
intermedia (Sphingidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 34(3): 302-306. (b) Brou, V. A.
(1997). A new Chaetaglaea from the southeastern United States (Noctuidae:
Cuculliinae). J. Lepid. Soc. 51(2): 135-138.
Butler = Journal article: Butler, L. (1987). A
new species of nearctic Bomolocha (Noctuidae) from the Appalachian
area. J. Lepid. Soc. 41(2): 104-107.
Campbell/Garrett = Data from G. W. Campbell
and Laura L. Garrett
Carr = Heather Carr private collection
Cashatt = Journal article: Everett D. Cashatt (1972)
Notes on the Balanotes (Meyrick) group of Oidaematophorus
Wallengren with description of a new species (Pterophoridae). J. Lep. Soc. 26(1):
1-13.
CNC = Canadian
National Collection
Congaree Photos = Photgraphs taken
at Congaree National Park (Richland County) by Dr. Theresa Thom or others. Posted
on the park's website.
Cornell = Cornell
University Insect Collection
Dorey = Mark Dorey observations and photos
Duckworth/Eichlin = Journal article: Duckworth,
W. D. and T. D. Eichlin (1977). Two new species of clearwing moths (Sesiidae)
from eastern North America clarified by sex pheromones. J. Lepid. Soc. 31(3):191-196.
Fleming = Kim Fleming, observation and
photo
Gaddy = Data from L. L. "Chick" Gaddy
Garriock = Data from Shay Garriock
Glenn = Data from Angela Glenn
Grayce = Data from Paul Grayce
Harris Thesis
= Masters Thesis of Howard R. Harris at Clemson University: The Composition
and Distribution of the Rhyacionia frustrana group of pine tip moths in South
Carolina (1969)
Heppner = John B. Heppner's book "The Sedge
Moths of North America" (1985)
Herlong Thesis = Masters Thesis of David D. Herlong
at Clemson University: Aquatic Pyralidae (Lepidoptera: Nymphulinae) in South
Carolina
(1978)
Hopewell = Data from Debbie Hopewell, Fripp Island,
SC
Kirk = Journal article: Kirk, V. M. (1968). Daytime
vision by the moth, Exyra ridingsi. J. Res. Lepid. 7(2): 131-132.
Lloyd = Data from Karen A. Lloyd, Beaufort, SC
Louisville = University of Louisville, Kentucky
Mix = Steve Mix's contributed observation
Patterson = Data from Bob Patterson
Peacock = Journal article: Peacock, J.
W. and L. F. Gall (2000). Immature stages of the marbled underwing, Catocala
marmorata (Noctuidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 54(4):107-110.
Peigler = Journal article: Peigler, R.
S. (1976). Observations on host plant relationships and larval nutrition in
Callosamia (Saturniidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 30(3):184-187.
R. B. Dominick = Journal article: Dominick,
R. B. (1972). Some notes on the Sphingidae. J. Lepid. Soc. 26(4): 234.
Roach = Journal article: Roach, S. H. and
R. F. Whisnant (1986). Seasonal captures of some economically important lepidopterous
species
in the coastal plain area of South Carolina in a 15W blacklight trap. J. Agric.
Entomol. 3(3): 280-285.
Schweitzer = Personal
communication, or Journal article: Schweitzer, Dale (1974). Notes on the biology
and distribution of the Cuculliinae (Noctuidae). J. Lep. Soc. 28(1): 5-21.
South-Wesley-U = Southern Wesleyan University
Insect Collection
Sullivan/Adams = Journal
article: Sullivan, J. B and J. K. Adams (2009). A new species of Morrisonia
(Noctuidae) from southeastern North America. J. Lep. Soc. 63(1): 21.26.
Taft = William
Taft, reported on website BugGuide.net
Wagner Field Guide = Wagner, David L.,
data for photos in "Caterpillars of Eastern North America," Princeton
Field Guides, 2005
Wagner/Peigler = Journal article: Wagner,
W. H. and R. S. Peigler (1981). Two notable range extensions for Callosamia
securifera (Saturniidae) in Georgia and South Carolina. J. Lepid. Soc.
35(3): 247.
Walgenbach = Journal article: Walgenbach,
J. F., C. S. Gorsuch, and D. L. Horton (1990). Adult phenology and management
of spotted tentiform leafminer (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. J. Econ. Entomol. 83(3): 985-994.
Westerfield = personal communication from
George Westerfield (Greer, Greenville Co. SC)
Wright = Journal article: Wright, D. J.,
R., L. Brown, and L. D. Gibson (1997). A new species of Phaneta, with
taxonomic diagnoses and seasonal and geographical data on four realted species
(Tortricidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 51(2): 119-127.
Wright/Covell = Journal article: Wright,
D. J. and C. V. Covell (2003). A new species of Epiblema (Tortricidae)
formerly misidentified as E. walsinghami (Kearfott) and E. infelix
Heinrich. J. Lepid. Soc. 57(3): 230-234.
Yale = Yale
University Entomology Collection (only Geometridae and a few other groups
examined for South Carolina specimens).