Historical vs Recent Moth Illustrations

Joseph G. Kunkel, Professor, Biology Department
and
Theodore D. Sargent, Professor, Biology Department;
with the cooperation of:
Ute Bargmann, Library Assistant, Special Collections;
Larry Feldman, Librarian, Biological Sciences Library
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Sponsored by the Five College Multimedia Project
A CD with higher resolution images is available
from
joe@bio.umass.edu
| Bibliography | Programmed examples | Historic Keys | Lists |
| Approach | Framed Catocala | Other Moths | Whole Plates | Figure menu |
| Harold Vermes Slides of Catocala | Behavioral Ecology | Other WWW sites |


APPROACH and PURPOSE: Our intention is to highlight the work of some 18th, 19th and early 20th century biologists who produced descriptions and illustrations of moths of the genus Catocala that depict, in some instances, for the first time, species for which we have modern photographic images. We hope to provide a complete database of the historic illustrations and text on this speciose group and thus provide useful examples of the problems that are involved in the accurate identification, description and naming of the species in our natural world using modern methodology to access the historic information.


Programmed Examples:

Example 1: Catocala coccinata in four frames
- showing three specific figures and a link to slides of mounted material

Example 2: Catocala briseis in four frames
- showing two specific figures with links to three figs and mounted material

Example 3: Catocala aholibah in frames


Example 4: Catocala agrippina in frames
- using a frame directed table to populate 4 frames with figures
Example 4a: Catocala agrippina in frames
- using a frame directed table to populate 6 frames with figures
- needs high resolution screen (1024x800 or greater)


Example 5: Catocala neogama in four frames
- 1 plate plus 2 figures and one slide in frames

Example 6: Catocala neogama in six frames
- 5 figures and one slide in frames

Example 7: A. Grote and J.B. Smith Lists in frames
- 2 check lists in parallel frames, convenient for comparison

Example 8: A. Grote, J.B. Smith and J. McDunnough Lists in frames
- 3 check lists in parallel frames, convenient for comparison

Example 9: An unknown compared to two identified specimens and a Hampson Figure


Example 10: An unknown compared to a Hampson Figure


Behavioral Ecology Lessons:

Catocala relicta story


Framed Figures and digital slides:


Any set of 4 moths in frames
- recommended for high resolution monitors only (800x600 and higher).


Any set of 6 moths in frames
- recommended for high resolution monitors only (1024x800 and higher).


Any set of 4 Vermes moth slides in frames


Hampson and Strecker in frames


Slides:

Harold Vermes Kodachrome slides of Catocala


Whole Plates:

Barnes and McDunnough Moth Plates


Hampson's British Museum Moth Plates


Herman Strecker's Moth Plates


Concordance of Hampson and Strecker's Catocala Plates


Concordance of Barnes and McD., Hampson, and Strecker's Catocala Plates


The Widow Underwing Moth, Catocala vidua


The Consort Underwing Moth, Catocala consors


Other moths:

The Imperial Moth, Eacles imperialis


The Virgin Tiger Moth, A. virgo


The Black Witch, Ascalapha odorata


Strecker's Sphinx Moth Plates


Strecker's Giant Silk Moth Plates


Historic Keys:

Hampson's Key to the Catocalinae

Hampson's Key to the Catabapta

Hampson's Key to the Ephesia

Recent to Historic Lists:

Franclemont & Todd's (1983) List of American Catocala North of Mexico

J. McDunnough's (1938) List of Canadian and USA Catocala

John B. Smith's (1891) List of N. America Catocala

Aug. R. Grote's (1882) List of N. America Catocala

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