GENERAL
 Electronic
Resources on Lepidoptera. An extensive source of links to Lepidoptera
on the Web.
MOTHS
Moths
of the United States. Paul Opler. Photographs and distributions of
moths of the families Saturniidae, Sphingidae, and Oecophoridae in the
United States. A great site. The material is presented by state and you
begin with a map of the United States and are asked to click on a particular
state.
Web Images
of North American Moth Species. John Snyder, Furman University. A
compendium of links to individual North American moth species arranged
in the form of a checklist.
Caterpillars
of Pacific Northwest Forests and Woodlands. Jeffrey C. Miller, U.S.
Forest Service. A wonderful web site detailing the caterpillars found
in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. This online manual includes photographs
of a large number of caterpillars as well as general information about
the biology, collection, and morphology of the larvae. Recommended.
Historical
vs. Recent Moth Illustrations. Joseph Kunkel et al., University of
Massachusetts. Despite its title, this wonderful web site is primarily
about historical paintings and recent photographs of underwings. For those
of you who have never seen an underwing, they are large moths of the genus
Catocala of the family Noctuidae with cryptic forewings, but highly showy,
banded hindwings. These moths are commonly collected by smearing trees
with a mixture of beer and sugar although you also find them at lights.
Take a look at this site. You will be happy you did.
Images
of the Furman University Collection of North American Lepidoptera.
John Snyder. An extensive gallery of the butterflies and moths in the
insect collection of Furman University in South Carolina.
The
Moths of Southeastern Arizona. Bruce Walsh. A very nice site containing
photographs of several hundred identified moths species from southeastern
Arizona. The site is still under construction, so more is promised for
the future. Recommended.
Moth
Diversity in Fundy National Park. Tony Thomas. A great web site with
a checklist of the moths of Fundy National Park in New Brunswick along
with a huge number of photographs of the different species.
Caterpillar
Hostplants Database. Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum.
A searchable database of host plant records for the Lepidoptera. The information
is spotty, but growing.
Tortricinae
Type Specimens. Todd Gilligan. Photographs and type information on
the type specimens of the genus Acleris (Tortricidae).
Olethreutinae
of Plum Brook NASA Station. Photographs of, and information on, 58
species of Olethreutinae (Tortricidae) from the Plum Brook NASA Station
in Ohio. Todd and Mike Gilligan.
The
Virtual Insectary. Kenneth Stein. Photographs of, and information
about, a few North American moth species.
Giant
Silkmoths of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Bill Oehlke. Although there
are not many species of saturniids on Prince Edward Island, the ones that
do occur there are covered in great detail in this web site. You'll find
photographs of the species and information on their biologies and life
cycles. You'll also find information about rearing and links to other
web sites.
Cecropia
Moth Life Cycle. This site contains nice photographs of the life cycle
of the Cecropia Moth (Saturniidae).
Gypsy Moth
in North America. Sandy Liebhold, Forest Service Northeastern Research
Station. A really excellent site on the gypsy moth in North American with
information on its biology, life history, spread, management, and distribution.
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