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Tribe Synanthedonini


Revision of the Cossidae of North America (in Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America)
By William Barnes, J. H. McDunnough
The Review Press, 1911

A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology
By J. W. Schoorl
Zoölogische Verhandelingen 263: 1-295, 1990

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.

Descriptions of Some New Moths from Southern California
By Harrison G. Dyar
Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 10: 52–60, 1908

Hadenine Notes and Descriptions (Phalaenidae, Leipidoptera)
By McDunnough, J.
The Canadian Entomologist, Volume 75, Issue 3, March, pp. 43-57, 1943
Available online from Cambridge University Press at this link.

Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres: Indigenous and Exotic, Supplement No. 2
By Strecker, H.
Published by Author, 1899
Maintained online by Biodiversity Heritage Library. There were fifteen publication dates from 1872-1878 with three supplements published from 1898-1900.

Supplement No. 2 available and searchable at this link.

A revision of the Nacophorini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
By Frederick H. Rindge
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History; v.123, article 2, 1961
Available as a free pdf from the AMNH digital repository at this link.

DNA barcoding and morphology reveal three cryptic species of Anania in N. America, all distinct from European counterpart
By Yang, Z. et al.
Systematic Entomology - Royal Entomological Society, 2012, Vol. 37-4, Pages 686-705
Publication available online here.