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Entomological Society of Canada - Common Names Database
The Common Names Committee of the Entomological Society of Canada maintains and periodically updates a list of common names of insects. The list is available online as a searchable database, and is also downloadable as an Excel file. In addition, there is an online form for the submission of a proposal for a new common name. The site includes recommendations for how to come up with a new common name.
http://www.esc-sec.ca/ee/index.php/cndb/
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Contributed by Laura Timms on 24 October, 2011 - 8:17pm

New URL
I think the new url is https://www.entsoc.org/publications/common-names.
… Steve Nanz, 1 January, 2023 - 5:03am login or register to post comments

 
That's the Entomological Society of America list
...which has 2,313 common names, as of 26 Oct 2024.

The Entomological Society of Canada list has only 1,713 common names (maybe because about 600 species on the American list don't occur in Canada?) and is available here:
https://esc-sec.ca/entomology-resources/common-names/.
… Robin McLeod, 5 November, 2024 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

this resource is linked to every guide page...
...visible when you switch to the 'edit' mode, available to editors
… v belov, 24 October, 2011 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

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