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Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society Institutional Subscription 60.00 RTF (Just in Case) NEWS ~OFTHE~ LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY Contents Volume 42, No.3 Autumn 2000 The Lepidopterists' Society is a non-profit Minutes of the 2000 Annual Business Meeting. Ernest Williams 68 educational and scientific organization. The Resolutions of LepSoc 2000. Kelly Richers 69 object of the Society, which was formed in Announcement: Basic Techniques Manual (Memoir 5) now available 69 May 1947 and formally constituted in De­ Antibiotics for Butterflies and Moths? Mel Lynn 70 cember 1950, is "to promote internationally Announcement: 2000 Season Summary Submissions. Jim Tuttle 71 the science of lepidopterology in all its Metamorphosis 71 branches; to further the scientifically sound and progressive study of Lepidoptera, to is­ ''A Certain Spot in the Forest." Part 2 of 2. Paul Manton 72 sue periodicals and other publications on Observation of Unusual Behavior of male Synanthedon Lepidoptera; to facilitate the exchange of exitiosa (Say), Sesiidae. John Holoyda 73 specimens and ideas by both the professional The Lepidopterists' Bookshelf. M. Alma Solis 74 worker and the amateurin the field; to com­ Review: Chasing Monarchs 74 pile and distribute information to other or­ Review: Field Guide to Western Butterflies 74 ganizations and individuals for purposes of Recently Published Books 75 education and conservation and appreciation Miscellaneous Meeting Notes. Evi Buckner/Phil Schappert 77 of Lepidoptera; and to secure cooperation in Membership Update. Julian Donahue 78 all measures" directed towards these aims. Photos from LepSoc 2000 79 (Article II, Constitution of The Lepidopter­ Out of the Net Jim Taylor 80 ists'Society.) The Marketplace 82 The News oftheLepidopterists' Society More Photos from LepSoc 2000 84 (ISSN 0091-1348) is published quarterly by Noctua pronuba in Colorado! Andrew D. Warren 59 The Lepidopterists' Society,c/o Los Angeles Backpages: County Museum of Natural History, 900 Ex­ Membership Information, Dues Rates, Journal of the position Blvd., LosAngeles, CA90007-4057, USA., and includes one or two supplements Lepidopterists' Society, Change of Address?, Our Mailing each year. The Season Summary is pub­ List?, Missed or Defective Issue?, Book Reviews, lished every year as Supplement S1 and is Submission Guidelines for the News 62 mailed with issue 1ofthe News.Ineven num­ Executive Council 63 beredyearsa complete MembershipDirec­ Season Summary Zone Coordinators 63 tory is published as Supplement S2 and is Issue Date: September 15, 2000 ISSN 0091-1348 mailed with issue 4 of that volume of the News. Please see the inside front cover for instructions regarding subscriptions, sub­ First Announcement missions to, and deadline dates for,the News. Periodicals Postage Pendingataddress above 2001 Annual Meeting ofthe Lepidopterists- Society (LosAngeles, CA)and atadditional mailing To be held July 26-29, 2001 at Oregon State University, Corvalis, Oregon. office (Lawrence, KS). Commercial shuttles will be available from Portland and Eugene to Corvalis. POSTMASTER: Please send address Further details will be available in forthcoming issues of the News and on the changes to News of the Lepidopterists' Lepidopterists' Society web site. A symposium on classic field sites is contemplated. Society, c/o Los Angeles County Museum Please plan now to attend. See www.furman.edu/-snyder/snyder/lep/ for ofNatural History, 900 Exposition Blvd.,Los more information. Angeles, CA90007-4057. Copyright © 2000 by The Lepidopterists' S0­ ciety.All rights reserved. The statements of Cover: A large congregation of Black-veined Whites, Aporia crataegi contributors do not necessarily represent the (Pieridae) puddle beside a picturesque stream near Legostaevo, Iskitim views of the Society or the editor and the District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia on June 13, 1994. Society does not warrant or endorse prod­ Photo © 1994 by Oleg Kosterin. Used by permission. ucts or services of advertisers. Autumn 2000 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Mailbag••• Dear Editor, Angeles (whose e-mail address happens Dear Editor I presume that Mr. Lemann will get to be the same as mine!) . In the Autumn '97 issue of the News numerous responses to his inquiry I believe that Dr. Gaden Robinson of The (Vol. 39, No.4) you printed a rather about pitcher plant moths, but just in Natural History Museum, London, terse letter of mine in which I chastised case... hosts a website with worldwide larval the use of the term "Odd Couples" as a He didn't mention what species of hostplant records for the Lepidoptera, headline to a photograph of a male-male pitcher plants are involved, or what but I don't have the URL at hand (it's pairing in the tropical Tasar Silkmoth, geographical area, but North America www.nhm.ac.uklentomologyl Antherea mylitta (Sat u r riiidae). "I has (at least) two well-documented hostplantsl - Ed ). thought it was going to account for two noctuid moths whose larvae are host­ I'm sending a copy of this response to separate species getting it on - that specific on pitcher plants: Mo Nielsen in Michigan, who has clearly would have 'odd behavior' wouldn't you agree?," I wrote. I accused On Sarracenia fZa va: reared at least two of these moths from purple pitcher plant and may be able to you of "rampant homophobia," a phrase Exyra nigrocaput (Morrison) [syn­ give him additional information. I regret now after your rebuttal clearly onym: Exyra ridingsii (Riley)], Exyra demonstrated an absence of malice. I semicrocea (Guenee), and Tarachidia Hope this helps. appreciated that. semifZaua (Guenee) Julian P. Donahue Beam ahead to the present. Lake Pefia On Saracenia minor: Assistant Curator Emeritus, Blanca, AZ. Late July 2000. In the morning light, looking around the Exyra sem icrocea (Guenee) and Tara­ Entomology, Natural History perimeter of our site, my friend came chidia semifZava (Guenee) Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, across this male-male pairing of Hyles On Sarracenia purpurea: CA 90007-4057, U.S.A. lineata and an as-of-yet-unnamed Exyra nigrocaput (Morrison) [syn­ [email protected] Sphingid. Two different genera! My onym: Exyra ridingsii (Riley)] and Exyra rolandiana Grote There is a fourth species of Exyra (fax Dear Editor, (Grote)), type locality Georgia, which may feed on a pitcher plant but I have Sometime ago I noticed that a larva had no information on this at hand. penetrated a styrofoam box. I thought it had only made a hole but, curious, I On Sarracenia species: decided to put it within a glass Papaipema appassionata (Harvey) container with chips of styrofoam. To The usual place to begin a search for my surprise after several days it pupated and some time afterwards a hostplant records of North American friend, a Ph.D. in entomology, said he'd butterflies and larger moths is Tietz, micromoth (5mm) emerged. Was the never seen anything like it. It doesn't H.M. 1972. An Index to the larva digesting styrofoam (which I think is polystyrene)? Can anybody tell take a scientist to deduce the mishmash Described Life Histories, Early and rolling exchange of pheromones Stages and Hosts of the Macro­ me about similar experiences? that is created at the unnatural event lepidoptera of the Continental Miguel E. Chumpitasi of a sheet and a lamp in the desert. So, United States and Canada. 2 vols. [email protected] why isn't this seen more? Fascinating. Allyn Museum of Entomology, Got me to thinking...has anyone ever Sarasota, distributed exclusively by seen this away from a light? Observed Entomological Reprint Specialists, Los continued on pp. 69 Volume 42, Number 3 67 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 42, Number 3 Minutes of the 1000 Annual Business Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society 1. President John W Brown called the the EC consider ed two editorships at about publication of the Journal, which annual business meeting of the this meeting. We are pleased to recently has been behind schedule. We Lepidopterists ' Society to order at 11:16 announce the reappointment of Phil expect the Journal to be catching up; a.m. on July 30 , 2000, in Room A, Schappert for another three years as issue 3 for the year 2000 will be mailed Winston Hall, Wake Forest University, editor of the News. We are also pleased this fall, and issue 4 may be as well. Winston-Salem, NC . to announce a new editor of the Concern was expressed by members 2. President Brown first called on Journal. Carla Penz, of the Milwaukee present about having the News and Secretary Ernest Williams to provide a Public Museum, will work with Deane Journal published on schedule. The EC summary of the meeting of the Bowers during the latter half of 2001 agreed with this concern, and several Executive Council. Secretary Williams to take over the editorship of the people spoke about the plans to get the reported the following: Journal in 2002. We appreciate the past Journal back on schedule. efforts of both Phil and Deane. a. The Executive Council (EC) met from 4. President Brown next called on Kelly 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursd ay, f. Secretary Williams pointed out that Richers for a statement of Resolutions July 27 , a n d conducted its business on several occasions during the course (att ached) about this year's meeting. very efficiently. Most of the meeting of the EC meeting, the importance of the Kelly's Resolutions were well-received. was comprised of reports from officers, Society's webpage came to the fore. The 5. President Brown then spoke briefly editors, and committees. web is becoming the primary source of about the Society, pointing out that we information for most people, and as a b. The Society is in significantly better are a volunteer organization and case in point, the EC heard that 9 out wishing to thank those people who have shape financially than it was a year of 10 new members of the Society used ago, with additional income from the taken on the most difficult ("ugly") the membership blank from the jobs of the Society: Phil Schappert, for recent increase in dues and the change webpage, not from our attractive to a larger-format journal, which has writing and editing the News; Deane brochure.
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