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Order Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies

By Robert Michael Pyle
Knopf, 1981

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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 22 February, 2004 - 2:41pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea)

Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East

By Jeffrey Glassberg
Oxford University Press, 1999

I grab this book first when I'm looking to identify a butterfly.

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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 22 February, 2004 - 2:34pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea)

The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide

By James A. Scott
Stanford University Press, 1992

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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 22 February, 2004 - 2:28pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths

Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest: Caterpillars and Adults

By Miller & Hammond
USDA, 2003

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For reprints try contacting Richard Reardon rreardon@fs.fed.us, Jeff Miller millerj@bcc.orst.edu, or
Cooperative Forest Ecosystem Research cfer@fsl.orst.edu for a free copy.

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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 12 August, 2009 - 9:16pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths

Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 3C: Micro-Moths and Geometroids

By Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2008.
Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 June, 2009 - 12:17am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths

Moths of Australia

By Ian Francis Bell Common
Melbourne University Publishing, Carlton, Victoria., 1990

Common, I.F.B. 1990. Moths of Australia. Melbourne University Publishing, Carlton, Victoria. vi + 535 pp.

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Editorial Reviews

'Moths of Australia must rank among the most significant books ever written on moths anywhere in the world . . . I cannot recommend it strongly enough' -- M. S. Moulds, Australian Natural History

'a valued compendium for entomologists, not just in Australia but throughout the world . . . anyone with an interest in moths will find it an invaluable reference' -- Malcolm Scoble, New Scientist

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 7 January, 2009 - 9:09am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths

Moths of Western North America

By Powell and Opler
UC Press, 2009

At last!! Due out next summer...

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 4 November, 2008 - 4:40pm

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A pictoral key to the hawkmoths of eastern United States (except Florida)

By Charles L. Selman. 1975
Ohio State University

Has large B&W photos of -- and a key to -- all sphinx moths east of the Mississippi River and north of Florida.

Available here for $5.00.

I use this valuable guide with great frequency.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 September, 2008 - 2:00pm

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