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Species Hemileuca hualapai - Hualapai Buckmoth - Hodges#7728

A new species of Hemileuca from the southwestern United States (Saturniidae)

By P. M. Tuskes
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 32(2): 97-102, 1978

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 December, 2013 - 7:43pm

Catalog of Parasitoids of Saturniidae of the World

By Richard S. Peigler
Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, Vol. 33: 1-121, 1996

Curiously, despite "1994" being in the header, the footer states, "Paper submitted 5 February 1996; revised manuscript accepted 15 March 1996."

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 15 December, 2015 - 10:44pm

The Moths of America north of Mexico. Fascicle 20.2B. Bombycoidea. Saturniidae. Hemileucinae (part), Saturniinae.

By Douglas C. Ferguson
The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 1972

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Fascicle 20.2A. Saturniidae: Citheroniinae, Hemileucinae (part). (1)

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 July, 2013 - 10:40pm

A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

By Kitching, I., R. Rougerie, A. Zwick, C. Hamilton, R. St Laurent, S. Naumann, L. Ballesteros Mejia, A. Kawahara
Biodiversity Data Journal, 6: e22236., 2018

Kitching, I., R. Rougerie, A. Zwick, C. Hamilton, R. St Laurent, S. Naumann, L. Ballesteros Mejia, A. Kawahara, 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal, 6: e22236.

View paper at pensoft.net here. Scroll to bottom for link to excel spreadsheet.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 19 August, 2018 - 5:55am

Bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature.

By Alpheus S. Packard
Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 7: 5-390, 1895

Packard, A.S., 1895. Bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 7: 5-390.

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 5 May, 2013 - 1:32pm

Lepidoptera in the unpublished field notes of Howard George Lacey, Naturalist (1856-1929).

By Kendall, R.O., and C.A. Kendall.
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 25(1): 29-44., 1971

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Kendall, R.O., and C.A. Kendall. 1971. Lepidoptera in the unpublished field notes of Howard George Lacey, Naturalist (1856-1929). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 25(1): 29-44.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 September, 2024 - 6:37pm

Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico

By Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.)
Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 2023

• Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).

• Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023) checklist in spreadsheet (Excel) format (download).

Editors - When citing this work, please be sure to include the (eds.) after Pohl & Nanz to avoid confusion over authorship. If you have a copy of the book, it would be best to cite with the chapter author, i.e.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 26 November, 2023 - 6:05am

Descriptions of Some New Moths from Southern California

By Harrison G. Dyar
Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 10: 52–60, 1908

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 29 April, 2023 - 10:08pm

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