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Post by leptraps on Feb 15, 2011 5:49:10 GMT -8
This may be nothing new to many of you, however, The Moth Photographer Group Website is the "website" for all of the moths of North America. This "IS" the site to identify your moths from North America. 95% of the moths that occur in North America are pictured. They are in MONA order. As you view the plates, if the MONA number appears in BLUE, click it and you can view more pcturs of specimens of the species, both prepared and living. It is a great source for IDENTIFICATION. Here is the link: mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/There are many website for information on North American Lepidoptera. In my opinion the "Butterflies and Moths" website is by far the best website for information on the Lepidoptera of North American. There are checklists for most states, maps of species range and records for state and Provinces. It is a great tool. Here is the Link: www.butterfliesandmoths.org/The Moth Photographers Group is wanting photographs of larvae. Think about this. If the Moth Photographers Group illustrated Adults, Immatures, range maps, adult flight periods, host plants, what a tool that website would become. There are many Lepidoptera websites for NA Leps. Overall, these two are the best in my opinion.
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Post by bobw on Feb 15, 2011 6:35:23 GMT -8
One question: what is a "MONA number"? The butterfliesandmoths.org site you mention looks quite useful but for American butterflies by far the best site is butterfliesofamerica.com/. Bob
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Post by leptraps on Feb 16, 2011 7:37:33 GMT -8
MONA is an acronym for the Moths of North America. Volume 22 1983 Hodges checklist. MONA checklist has been in use for over 25 years.
The new Lafontane/Schmidt checklist for the Noctuoidea has caused much grief among Lepidopterists.
I visited the American Butterfly Website, you are correct, it is very good. It has been a long time since my last visit. However, it is just butterflies. I do like the distribution maps and illustrations.
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Post by rayrard on Feb 23, 2011 7:44:59 GMT -8
MPG needs range maps badly. IDing a Catocala from the east coast would be much simpler if 5 out 7 species could be eliminated by range alone. Even text ranges with general range info would greatly help.
AmericanButterflies is great for specimen pictures but the range maps could be difficult with all of the subspecies they deal with.
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Post by oehlkew on Feb 24, 2011 14:53:30 GMT -8
Catocala of North America now has state by state pictoral checklists with some id aid notes, but that group will always be tough. www.silkmoths.bizland.com/catocala.htmlBill Oehlke Sphingidae of the Americas at www.silkmoths.bizland.com/usatable.htm now has many pictoral checklists at county level. World's Largest Saturniidae Site now has over 1450 different worldwide Saturniidae species/subspecies depicted with checklists for most countries in the world.
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