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,.., OF ·THE ~ LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY Volume 39, Number 4 Autumn 1997 •I I .._..:t_.~.~ ---~..- NEWS ~OFTHE~ LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY Contents Volume 39, No.4 The .iepjddpterists~ SOcIe~y::is arlon:1il 1997 Report of the Resolutions Committee. Andrew D. Warren 68 profit educational and scientifi~'~~~ P: A Preliminary Inventory of Butterflies of the Coweeta Hydrologic ganizati~n. The object of the Society,• Laboratory, North Carolina. Gary N Ross 70 which was formed in May 1947 and Florida White Monarchs - a touch of incest? R.I. Vane-Wright 72 formally constituted in December Benjamin Preston Clark on Sphingidae. Russell A. Rahn 73 1950~ isho.promote internationally Stamp Moths! Mark D. Schmidt 74 the scienfe of'lepidopterology in allits New Journal Debuts 74 branches; to further the scientifically The Lepidopterists' Bookshelf. Boyce A. Drummond 75 sound and progressive study of Lepi­ Florida's Fabulous Butterflies 75 doptera.j» issue periodicals and other Monarch Butterflies: beauty takes flight 76 put}li~ti9nson Lepidoptera; to facili­ Recently Published Books. Boyce A. Drummond 77 tate the exchange of specimens and 50 th Anniversary (48th Annual) Meeting Group Photo 78 I ideas by both the professional worker Membership Update Julian Donahue 80 and the amateur in the field; to com­ Calendar 81 pile and distribute information to Out of the Net Jim Taylor 82 otherorganizations and individuals for The Marketplace 83 purposes of education and conserva­ Some 1997 Meeting Photos 86 tion and appreciation ()f~pigoPt~ta.;" A Bilateral Gynandromorph ofAutomeris io, Ron Roscioli 88 and.to securecooperationjIialIdl~f!~U: ~ From the Editor's Desk 89 ures" grfectedtowar(lsthe§~aiks.t&- l Backpages: tieleIl; Constitution ofTheLepid(m~ ~ Membership Information, Dues Rates, Journal of the terists' ~ocietY;J " " Thelll~~s(ifthexLe 'ra~ii:tef Lepidopterists' Society, Change of Address?, Our Mailing ,il List?, Missed or Defective Issue?, Book Reviews, Society t'ISSN009····1r··• ·i .~ '8J~, i; ••••:::j:i:!J .. " . H. •. ....• "." 1'•.3'%. JIS PU,::!,..,j Submission Guidelines for the News 90 liShed.tl~imespefyear~Y~~~E3PidOP_ l Executive Council. 91 ter~ts'~ciety;Clo l1<>s~~Iesc6tinty Season Summary Zone Coordinators 91 ~~seufuj:()f~atuf%,Ristol'Y,900 EJfPo- 1 Issue Date : Dec. 15, 1997 ISSN 0091-1348 slt1onBl~d"LosArigeles •CA 90007lJ :'" . ::. : ':':. ': ;, ... ,:.' >: < '*>:::*: ;t 4057, U~A,and ineludesohe ort'\¥: ' supplek~nts each year.Th~Se~OIt Left: The Harkness ispubl~heg!~v~ryYEl~ l~ Tower at Yale sinnma'fy University, site ofthe n$~r ·2of'the : ·News.lh;{::·· issue 50th Anniversary numb~r~dy~~r~"~ :~~II1B ' Meeting . Right: ship J)u-ecwk'Y:lsiuo Outgoing (in every sense ofthe uiordl) nUm.'· bei4kPi~k~~~ :tlj]t l!" " " I ... ...: :" .;;:;:::: . .l:t~~ .. ....~ ;;~!1~~ President Eric Metzler l . :~:I~~~~ .~~~~~~ ·· " : ' :: : " : ": ' ··· " · · presenting the Karl Jordan Medal to News.:P<;jstage paid l~t .. .. .. .. .. inductee Ron Hodges. I Photos courtesy ofRay Copy1'ight·@J1997 b;T:~~ '~~~~do~~ Stanford. For more ists' $o(l!ety:! :§lrrightsi'E3s~~e(bi:r photos see pages 86-87 stateIIieIlts.ofoontr:ibutot~ad fIl and the center spread. essari)yljepi~~i:\fit t.he~~~~iib~ · :~ :: . 0:. : ; ** : . ::'; .::. p ,:;{:,:':<:';;;:; ;;;;;;;; mety.ortheeditO't, :1 fu ",,',:''antitheSO'tli'e... .:;;:;:: ;;:::::" Cover: Map ofCoweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, North Carolina and Diana I not wal'~antofeng()rs~'P!oClu (Speyeria diana, Nymphalidae) nectaring on thistle. Photo by Gary Ross. See I seTY:ic~s 'pf advertisers; ':, .::,::",!: article on page 70. I .. Ii If, "if:: ll:uli!li, 'm ,:::I'l~,ljmll Autumn 1997 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Mailbag••• Dear friends of butterflies and moths, likely a specimen of B. tancrei , probably and informality that suggests the author The Annual Meeting which celebrated from Korea or Eastern Siberia. B. probably would not have elected to sub­ the 50th Anniversary of The Lepidopter­ hearseyi is a tropical species , and it looks mit them to the Journal. The society ists' Society is history. It was a marvel­ very different from the temperate spe­ needs this kind of publication alterna­ ous event with representation from 15 cies. B. hearseyi is more easily mistaken tive, especially for amateurs. countries, and exhibitors from the U.S., for B. wallichii. Michael M. Collins, Mexico, Canada, and England. Kudos I agree thatthe photograph is a good one, 11901 Miwok Path, Nevada City, CA and accolades to Larry Gall and his team and it won its prize fully justified, but 95959, [email protected] of planners for this outstandingevent. It perhaps the Lepidopterists' Society (Thanks Michael! Please see my comments fully demonstrated the success and diver­ should take a little more care for the cor­ after the last letter (next page). Ed .) sity of this venerable society. rect identification of the illustrations The papers were excellent and they within their publications, especially when Contest winners are printed! I clearly showed the high level of interest Dear Editor, in butterflies and moths by professional know that commerciallifestock traders Greetings to you, our editor! The color and amateur lepidopterists. The record (especially from former Czechoslovakia) edition of theNews looks sharp. Thanks attendance made the informal discussion have mailed out eggs and pupae of B. for cuttingdown on the amount of graph­ more enriching. tancrei under several, most of them wrong, names, but a society like the Lep. ics that were interspersed throughout The Lepidopterists' Society is well poised Soc., with its expert knowledge, should the articles. Too many of them detract, for 50 more years of excellence. perhaps not embarass its readers by ad­ rather than enhance the News. I offer my sincere compliments to the vertising such misidentifications. The photograph by Carter Bays of the founders, the charter members, the offic­ Dr. Wolfgang A. Naessig Actias luna larva is upside down. This ers, committee members, and all the genus, along with other Saturniinae, Entomologie II Senckenberg other persons who brought The Lepidop­ does not rest in this posture. Normally, Senckenberganlage 25 terists' Society to this momentous occa­ the head extends downward, remaining D-60325 Frankfurt sion. My congratulations to everyone straight, curved, or cocked to one side. else who gets to inherit and maintain (Unfortunately, there is little that I can do Often, the thoracic legs are released and such a fine organization. regarding possible misidentifications such as flush with the body.Leroy Simon's photo this - I am not able to identify every known With best wishes, species ofmoth and butterfly (can anybody ?) ofthe Datana species may also be upside and there is, all too often, little time to obtain down. The branch should be hanging Eric H. Metzler, "expert" opinions . We must depend on our downward, I believe. Past President authors/photographers for accurate identifications...mistakes will happen. Ed.) Unfortunately, larval photos are often ~ published incorrectly. Sad, but true, most Dear Editor, lepidopterists (amateur and professional alike) study only adults, so they are not I recently received the issue no. 39 (3) of Dear Editor, familiar with the resting postures of lar­ the News of the Lepidopterists' So­ I was pleased to see the latest issue of the vae (which are very specific to genera). ciety. The new layout, and especially the News ofthe Lepidopterists' Society, For the rearer of the Saturniinae, theA. colour, improved the News significantly! and complimentyou on the varied and in­ luna photo is awkward indeed. Carter Regrettably, I found a misidentification teresting contents, the color work, and Bays told me that the photo was marked within the 1996 Photo Contest pictures: the use of real paper (replacing the gov­ for orientation. I am assuming that the The 1"t place of the category "Moths" ernment men's room hand towel stock of photographers do not see the proofs, (page 32, centre left, by Mark Schmidt) the past). Several of the articles are of however, I am sure that someone from is not Brahmaea hearseyi! This is most real scientific value, yet are of the size our Society could be trusted with this Volume 39, Number 4 67 News of the Lepidopterists' Society Volume 39, Number 4 task! I will look forward to the next is­ sue for the News. Thanks again for the 1997 Report of the tremendous effort you are puttingforth. Valerie A. Passoa Resolutions Committee 602 Jasonway Avenue, Andrew D. Warren Columbus, OH 43214 (It is entirely possible that the slidelphotois) Our Society began in 1947 was marked for orientation and that the through the effort of a few, here in New Heaven ; mistake is mine. My regrets ifthis was the 50 years later here we all are , case. See. Mistakes do happen! Ed .) from 14 nations, near and far. One of the best attended meetings to date the health of our society nobody can debate. Dear Editor: Wecollect, photograph and study Lepidoptera from head to toe, we exchange ideas and specimens - we are amateur and pro. After a long and wonderful afternoon at Since last year they have worked so long and so late, the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Pride this meeting's co-chairs: Charlie Covell, Susan Weller, and Larry Gall. Day Parade (an event attended to by over They covered every detail - everything was great! 700,000 people), I was thrilled to find my It was a meeting enjoyed by one and all. latest edition of News (Vol. 39, number Of course it was not just these three 3) in the mail when I got home. Ex­ who put this meeting together; hausted, I kicked back with a beer, and if it were just these few, everyone can see drank in all the excellent articles; I can't to arrange this meeting would have taken forever. get enough of this stuff. Love the new Larry Gall made the program which Tim and Liz did print, via Dave Wagner's collecting guide, to the field we were sent.
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    CY501-C13[548-606].qxd 2/16/05 12:17 AM Page 548 quark11 27B:CY501:Chapters:Chapter-13: 13Amphiesmeno-Amphiesmenoptera: The ptera:Caddisflies The and Lepidoptera With very few exceptions the life histories of the orders Tri- from Old English traveling cadice men, who pinned bits of choptera (caddisflies)Caddisflies and Lepidoptera (moths and butter- cloth to their and coats to advertise their fabrics. A few species flies) are extremely different; the former have aquatic larvae, actually have terrestrial larvae, but even these are relegated to and the latter nearly always have terrestrial, plant-feeding wet leaf litter, so many defining features of the order concern caterpillars. Nonetheless, the close relationship of these two larval adaptations for an almost wholly aquatic lifestyle (Wig- orders hasLepidoptera essentially never been disputed and is supported gins, 1977, 1996). For example, larvae are apneustic (without by strong morphological (Kristensen, 1975, 1991), molecular spiracles) and respire through a thin, permeable cuticle, (Wheeler et al., 2001; Whiting, 2002), and paleontological evi- some of which have filamentous abdominal gills that are sim- dence. Synapomorphies linking these two orders include het- ple or intricately branched (Figure 13.3). Antennae and the erogametic females; a pair of glands on sternite V (found in tentorium of larvae are reduced, though functional signifi- Trichoptera and in basal moths); dense, long setae on the cance of these features is unknown. Larvae do not have pro- wing membrane (which are modified into scales in Lepi- legs on most abdominal segments, save for a pair of anal pro- doptera); forewing with the anal veins looping up to form a legs that have sclerotized hooks for anchoring the larva in its double “Y” configuration; larva with a fused hypopharynx case.
  • Lepidoptera; Brahmaeidae: Brahmaea W a Lk Er, 1855

    Lepidoptera; Brahmaeidae: Brahmaea W a Lk Er, 1855

    ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Galathea, Berichte des Kreises Nürnberger Entomologen e.V. Jahr/Year: 2005 Band/Volume: 21 Autor(en)/Author(s): Naumann Stefan, Brosch Ulrich Artikel/Article: Zur Verbreitung der hearseyi-Gruppe (Lepidoptera; Brahmaeidae: Brahmaea Walker, 1855) in Indonesien und auf den Philippinen 97-104 ©Kreis Nürnberger Entomologen; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at galathea 21/2* Berichte des Kreises Nürnberger Entomologen • 2 0 0 5 • S. 9 7 -1 0 4 Zur Verbreitung der hearseyi-Gruppe (Lepidoptera; Brahmaeidae: Brahmaea W alker, 1855) in Indonesien und auf den Philippinen Stefan N aumann & Ulrich B rosch ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Im Rahmen unserer langjährigen Untersuchungen zur Verbreitung der Populationen und Arten der hearseyi-Gruppe innerhalb der Gattung Brahmaea W alker , 1855 konnte auf Grundlage genitalmorphologischer Studien festgestellt werden, dass neben Brahmaea celebica TOXOPEUS, 1939 „1938“ von Sulawesi und Brahmaea ardjoeno KALIS, 1934 von Java (siehePAUKSTADT, U. et al. 2000) drei weitere neue Arten {Brahmaea paukstadtorum, B. naessigi, sowie B. loefßeri) auf Grundlage stabiler Merkmale von der weit verbreiteten kontinental­ asiatischen Brahmaea hearseyi W hite, 1862 abzugrenzen sind. RESUMEN: En el ämbito de nuestras investigaciones de losU ltim os anos acerca de la divulgaciön de las poblacionesy especies del grupo hearseyi, dentro del genero Brahmaea WALKER, 1855, pudimos comprobar a traves de estudios sobre morfologia genital, que se pueden diferenciar, aparte de las ya conocidas Brahmaea celebica TOXOPEUS, 1939 „1938“ de Sulawesiy Brahmaea ardjoeno K a lis , 1934 de Java (ver PAUKSTADT, U. et al. 2000), tres nuevas especies {Brahmaea paukstadtorum, B. naessigi y B.