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LEPIDOPTERA (BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS) |
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The Lepidoptera collection contains nearly 1.6 million specimens housed in over 8000 drawers and
represents one of the best research collections of Lepidoptera in the world. The collection contains
mostly pinned adult specimens, but also includes a number of pinned dry larvae and a significant
larval alcohol collection. Many of the adult specimens have associated genitalic dissections
permanently mounted on microscope slides.
Most specimens are from the Nearctic region with excellent species representation from Arctic
Canada. The Palaearctic, Neotropical and Southeast Asia (particularly New Guinea) regions are also
well represented.
The CNC Lepidoptera Collection is Currently Housed as Follows:
| T A X A | NUMBER | ||||
| MICROLEPIDOPTERA | cabinets | drawers | specimens | curated | uncurate |
| Micropterigoidea | 1/29 | 1 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| Eriocranioidea | 1/29 | 1 | 45 | 45 | 0 |
| Hepialoidea | 1/3 | 10 | 520 | 500 | 20 |
| Nepticuloidea | 1/3 | 10 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 0 |
| Incurvarioidea | 1/3 | 9 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 0 |
| Zeugloptera | 1/29 | 1 | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| Dacnonypha | 1/29 | 1 | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Exoporia | 12/29 | 12 | 520 | 500 | 20 |
| Monotrysia | 2/3 | 22 | 2,500 | 2,000 | 500 |
| Tineoidea | 2/3 | 20 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Gracillarioidea | 1 | 29 | 5,000 | 3,500 | 1,500 |
| Yponomeuroidea | 1 | 29 | 4,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 |
| Gelechioidea | 8 | 230 | 40,000 | 25,000 | 15,000 |
| Pterophoroidea | 1 1/3 | 35 | 5,000 | 4,500 | 500 |
| Pyraloidea | 53 | 1,537 | 270,000 | 200,000 | 70,000 |
| Sesioidea | 1 1/5 | 35 | 8,850 | 8,700 | 150 |
| Cossoidea | 1/2 | 15 | 850 | 700 | 150 |
| Tortricoidea | 15 | 435 | 75,000 | 67,000 | 8,000 |
| Tortricoidea | - | - |  589 |
589 | 0 |
| MACROLEPIDOPTERA | |||||
| Zygaenoidea | 1/2 | 15 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 0 |
| Drepanoidea | 1 | 24 | 5,000 | 4,700 | 300 |
| Geometroidea | 39 | 901 | 266,000 | 210,000 | 56,000 |
| Noctuoidea | 109 | 3,100 | 620,000 | 400,000 | 220,000 |
| Sphingoidea | 12 | 348 | 12,000 | 7,500 | 4,500 |
| Bombycoidea | 13 | 375 | 18,200 | 3,000 | 15,200 |
| Papilionoidea | 30 | 870 | 143,000 | 110,000 | 33,000 |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |||||
| Inflated larvae | 1 | 25 | 500 | 500 | 0 |
| Alcohol larvae | 12 |  825 |
 75,000 |
75,000 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 8,090 | 1,558,924 | 1,132,084 | 426,840 |
- pinned dry larvae associated with adults
- alcohol racks
- preserved in alcohol
Personnel
| P.T. Dang | Canadian Forest Service Scientist (Sesioidea, Cossoidea, Tortricoidea, Zyganoidea Drepanoidea and Geometroidea) & Unit Curator of Lepidoptera | |
| J.D. Lafontaine | Scientist (Rhopalocera, Noctuoidea and other macrolepidoptera) | |
| J.-F. Landry | Scientist (Zeugloptera, Dacnonypha, Exoporia, Monotrysia and other microlepidoptera) | |
| C. Schmidt | CFIA Biologist (Noctuidae) | J. Gill | Technician (Rhopalocera, Noctuoidea and other macrolepidoptera) |
| S. Laplante | Technician (Zeugloptera, Dacnonypha, Exoporia, Monotrysia and other microlepidoptera) |
Hardcopy Lepidoptera Publications
The Cutworm Moths of Ontario and Quebec
Assessment of Butterfly and Moth Species Diversity in the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone
Assessment of Moth and Butterfly Species Diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone
This page last updated on 21-Apr-2008
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