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Genus Trosia

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Flannel Moths (Megalopygidae) » Trosia

The Megalopygid genus Trosia, with description of a new species

By Harrison G. Dyar
Journal of The New York Entomological Society 7: 173-174, 1889

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 March, 2013 - 8:59am

The Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 2

By Becker, V.O. Megalopygidae. in J.B. Heppner (ed.). in J.B. Heppner (ed.)
Association for Tropical Lepidoptera and Scientific Publishers, 118-122, 1995

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 15 May, 2018 - 5:27am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea)

Revision and phylogeny of the Limacodid-Group families, with evolutionary studies on Slug Caterpillars Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea

By Marc E. Epstein
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 582, 1996

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 24 May, 2012 - 5:56pm

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Lepidoptera in the unpublished field notes of Howard George Lacey, Naturalist (1856-1929).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 Lepidoptera in the unpublished field notes of Howard George Lacey, Naturalist (1856-1929).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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Contributed by Steve Morris on 30 January, 2023 - 11:34am

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

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.

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Contributed by Steve Morris on 30 January, 2023 - 11:09am

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