No.5 Sept./Oct. 1988 EDITOR o( the I.EPIDOPTERISTS· SOCIETY June Preston 832 Sunset Dr. Lawrence, KS 66044 U.S.A... .-..... -. .-.- . • .-.-. .-. - . • •• ._... ASSOCIATE EDITORS ZONE COORDINATORS Art/Graphics 1. Ken Philip 6. Ed Knudson 10. Dave Winter Les Sielski 2. Jon Shepard 7. Ross Layberry 11. J.e.E. Riotte Ripples 3. Bob Langston 8. Les Ferge 12. Eduardo Wetling M. Jo Brewer 4. Ray Stanford 9. Andy Beck 13. Boyce Drummond 5. Richard e. Rosche I _• -_._.-...._••......_---- n • ......... -. ._...~. announcements by our meeting host, John E. Rawlins, and a welcome from the director of the Carnegie Museum of PITTSBURGH 1988 Natural History, James King. The program continued with Richard L. Brown presiding over the initial session of They came from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, New papers titled, "SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTI ON", w~ich Zealand, Taiwan, Canada and from 24 of the states of included the following papers (presenter's name given the U.S.A., including Hawaii, plus from Washington, re, first in cases of joint authorship): to talk about butterflies and moths, foodplants and ELLIPTICAL GOLDENROD GALL MAKER, larvae, evolution and phy logeny and many other Gnorjmoschema ~allaesolida~jnis (RILEY), DISCOVERED subjects. They gathered to learn and to socialize, to TO BE SIBLING SPECIES (GELECHIIDAE), W. E. MILLER, visit the Carnegie Museum's insect collections and to Univ. Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; make new friends and greet old acquaintances. The THE EVOLUTION OF NORTH AMERICAN well-planned and smoothly-run 39th Annual Meeting in BLASTOBASIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA: GELECHIOIDEA), D. Pittsburgh was the drawing card. Following the meeting, Adamski, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; several field trips were planned. For one, to Powdermill PHYLOGENY OF Myscelia, Nessaea, AND Qai.onephele Nature Preserve near Pittsburgh, mothing was quite (EURYTELINAE, SUBTRIBE CATOEPHELINA), D. W. Jenkins, good. The others were to Resthaven Wildlife Area in Allyn Museum of Entomology, Florida State Museum, Erie Co, Ohio and to the Backbone Mountain Bogs in West Sarasota, FL; Virginia. Collecting was reported very poor in Ohio and THE BIGGER AND BETTER GENUS Atal~edes no word has been received from West Virginia. The (HESPERIIDAE), J. M. Burns, Smithsonian Institution, official Annual Meeting minutes and photographs, which Washington, D.C.: and follow, tell the story of an excellent meeting and a THE HIGHER CLASSIFICATION OF THE RIODINIDAE, wonderful experience. We want to thank both Dave Winter D. J. Harvey, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. and Charlie Covell for the excellent photographic After a brief coffee break, the second session, coverage of the meet ing activities. titled "ALL ABOUT FOrn" was convened, with Susan Borkin presiding. The following paper were presented: ADULT NUTRITION AFFECTS MALE VI RI LITY IN MINUTFS OF mE 39TH ANNUAL MEETING ~ ~laucus, R. C. Lederhouse, M. P. Ayres, &. J. M. OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY Scriber, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing, MI; Carnegie Museum of Natural History CURIOUSER AND CURl OUSER: OLD AND NEW Pittsburgh, Pennsy lvania HYPOTHESES ABOUT HOSTPLANT SPECIFICITY IN PIERINE 14-17 July 1988 BUTTERFLIES, F. Chew, Tufts Univ., Medford, MA; and CONSEQUENCES OF HOSTPLANT SHIFTS FOR THE The 39th Annual Meeting of The Lepidopterists' CHECKERSPOT, Eyphydcyas \)haeton (NYMPHALIDAE), M. D. Society was hosted by the Carnegie Museum of Natural Bowers, Harvard Univ., Cambri~e, MA &. N. E. Stamp, History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 14-17 July 1988. S.U.N.Y., Binghampton, NY. Meeting activities were held at the Carnegie Museum, After recessing for lunch, attendees reconvened in p Ius the Univer sity of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon David Lawrence Hall for the third session of papers, University campuses. Attendees included 106 paid titled ''BIOGEOGRAPHY'' and chaired by Don Harvey. Paper registrants, with over 120 individuals participating in titles and authors were: various meeting activities. THE PENI N3ULAR EFFECT: FROM DOG MA TO While the Section of Invertebrate Zoology hosted an DOGMEAT, J. W. Brown, Univ. of California, Berkeley, open house of the lepidoptera collection in the William CAl J. Holland Room at the Carnegie Museum on Thursday CHARACTERS, BIOGEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL afternoon, 14 July, Society President Jerry A. Powell GENERIC LIMITS IN THE EUMAEINI (LYCAENIDAE), K. presided over a ~ombined meeting of the Executive Johnson, Dept. of Entomology, American Museum of Council and Editorial Board in the Blue Classroom of the Natural History, New York, NY; museum. That evening, our meeting host, John E. NEARCTIC ~ AND ~ (LEPIDOPTERA: Rawlins and his staff at the Carnegie Museum hosted a NYMPHALIDAE): LAURASIA REVIS ITED? L. D. &. J. Y. social on the third floor of the museum. Miller, Allyn Museum of Entomology, Florida 'State Museum, Sarasota, FL; and * • * ** BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE MICROPTERIGIDAE, G. W. Gibbs, Victoria Univ., Wellington, New Zealand. The formal program began the following morning, Following a coffee break, John Lane chaired the Friday, 15 July at 8:45 a.m., in David Lawrence Hall, fourth session, titled "FAUNISTICS", in which the Room 121, of the University of Pittsburgh, with following six papers were presented: 69 THE OLYMPIAN MARBLE (EuchlQe Qlyrrgja, PIERIDAE) The afternQQn sessiQn cQntinued with JQhn Rawlins IN NEW YORK STATE, J. F. Cryan, New YQrk State Dept. presiding Qver a sympQsium Qn "HISTORICAL Qf EnvirQnmental ConservatiQn, Long Island City, NY & R. BIOGEOGRAPHY" that included the fQllQwing papers: E. Dirig, Bailey HQrtQrium Herbarium, Cornell Univ., DISTRIBUTIONAL PATTERNS OF BUTTERFLIES AND Ithaca, NYj MOTHS IN 0010, E. H. Metzler, D. C. Iftner, & L. L. NEW LEPIDOPTERA RECORDS FROM WYOMI NG Martin, The OhiQ LepidQpterists, CQlumbus, OHj WI IDERNESS AREAS AND THEIR USE IN LONG RANGE A REVIEW OF ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHIC THEORIES, WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT PLANS. K. BagdQnas, Univ. Qf WITH A PLAUSI BLE COMPOS ITE VICARIANCEtD ISPERSAL WyQming, Casper, WYj MODEL FOR THE WEST INDIAN BUTTERFLY FAUNA, L. D. BUTTERLFI n; IN THE ALLEGHENY NATIONAL & J. Y. Miller, Allyn Museum Qf EntQmQIQgy, FIQrida FOREST, PENNSYLVANIA, J. PrescQtt Erie, PA; State Museum, SarasQta, FLj MOTHS OF SPECIAL CONCERN IN OH J0 HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAfHY OF Myscelia, Nessaea, (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIIDAE, SPHINGIDAE, AND and CatQneghele (EURYTELINAE, SUB TRIBE ARCTIIDAE) WITH NOTES ON SPECIES OF SPECIAL CATONEPHELI NA), D. W. Jenkins, Allyn Museum INTEREST, E. H. Metzler & V. P. Lucas, CQlumbus, OH; EntQmQIQgy, FIQrida State Museum, SarasQta, FLj NEOTROPICAL TIGER MOTHS NEW TO THE UNITED OF MOTHS AND MOUNTAINS: A MONTANE STATES FAUNA (ARCTIIDAE: CTENUCHINAE, BIOGEOGRAfHY OF NEOTROPICAL TIGER MOTHS, J. E. LITHOSIINAE), J. P. Donahue, Natural HistQry Museum Qf Rawlins, Carnegie Museum Qf Natural HistQry, Pittsburgh, LQS Angeles CQunty, LQS Angeles, CA; and PAj THE SILVERY BLUE (Glaucgpsyche Iy~damus, HOLARCTIC BIOGEOGRAPHY OF NOCTUIDAE LYCAENIDAE) IN NEW YORK STATE, R. E. Dirig, Bailey EMPHASIZING NORTH TEMPERATE SPECIES HQrtQrium Herbarium, CQrnell Univ., Ithaca, NY & J. F. DISTRIBUTIONS, J. D. LafQntaine, BiQsystematies Cryan, New YQrk State Dept. Qf EnvirQnmental Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, & CQnservatiQn, LQng Island City, NY. K. Mikkola, Dept. Qf ZQQIQgy, Univ. Helsinki, Helskinki, On Friday evening, the grQup assembled at Camp Finlandj and David Lawrence in nearby Schenley Park for a barbeque HOMOLOGY AND HOMOPLASY IN THE BUTTERFLI ES picnic dinner. FQllQwing the picnic, a slide fest was OF COLD CLIMATES: DARWIN'S LAW AS ILLUSTRATED BY held at David Lawrence Hall. PI ERIDAE , ETC., A. M. ShapirQ, University Qf CalifQrnia, Davis, CA. 1: * • * * Saturday evening's banquet activities began with a sQcial hQur hQsted by the Carnegie Museum at SkibQ Hall The prQgram resumed Saturday mQrning, 16 July, in Qf Carnegie MellQn University. Afterwards, attendees David Lawrence Hall with Jackie Miller chairing the fifth migrated intQ the Faculty Dining RQQm fQr a deliciQus sessiQn, titled "THE STUDY OF LEPIDOPTERA". Paper banquet. After dinner, President PQwell presented Niels titles and authQrs included: P. Kristensen (ZQQIQgisk Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark) THE 0010 LEPIDOPTERISTS: ON THE EVE OF OUR with the Karl JQrdan Medal and a check fQr $1,000. After TENTH ANNIVERSARY, J. V. CalhQun, Westerville, OHj a brief acceptance speech, Dr. Kristensen presented the ANNETTE FRANCES BRAUN: EARLY CONCEPTS IN Karl JQrdan Medal Address, titled EARLY STEPS TOWARDS LEPIDOTERAN fHYLOG ENET ICS, M. A. SQlis, Dept. Qf AN EVOLUTIONARY SUCCESS: THE STRUCTURE AND EntQmQIQgy, Univ. Qf Maryland, CQllege Park, MD; and PHYLOGENY OF THE LOWEST LEPIDOPTERA. The banquet THE MAIONG OF THE FIRST 'CHECKLIST OF THE prQgram cQncluded wi th the dis tributiQn Qf numerQUS dQQr LEPIDOPTERA OF AUSTRALIA', E. S. Nielsen, CSIRO, prizes, with Charlie CQvell as Master Qf CeremQnies. Canberra, Aus tralia. After a brief cQffee break, the sixth paper sessiQn, * * • * • ti tled ''EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY" fQllQwed, wi th Charles V. CQvell presiding. Papers presented included: On Sunday mQrning, 17 July, remaIning attendees ~ HYBRIDS: HAND-PAIRINGS OF NORTH AND reassembled in David Lawrence Hall tQ listen tQ a special SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES FROM SECTION II I AND sessiQn mQderated by JQhn Rawlins and titled, "OPEN SECTION V (PAPI LI ONIDAE), J. M. Scriber, R. FORUM ON ISSUES CONCERN! NG SOCI ETY PUBLICATI 0N5". LederhQuse, Dept. Qf EntQmQlogy, Michigan State Univ., Charlie CQvell, Bill Miller, and June PrestQn, editQrs Qf East