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	Lepidoptera Inventories in the Continental United States
		However, for many so-called "microlepidoptera" (primitive suborders, leaf miner and leaf roller moths, etc.), 10%-90% of the local species in some families are undescribed.
		More of these include microlepidoptera than before probably because of considerable progress in the descriptive taxonomy of most families during the past 35 years (e.g., Covell 1984).
		The species discovery rate was slow because we could not sample the whole reserve during each visit, and most of the effort followed a consummate fire in the fourth year of our 12-year inventory; many species were first collected in year 9 or 10.
	biology.usgs.gov /s+t/noframe/f069.htm (1650 words)

	Literature on Microlepidoptera, Kimmo´s Lep Site
		Gozmány László, 1955, Microlepidoptera III, Elachistidae, Douglasiidae, Hyponomeutidae, Ethmiidae, Scythrididae, Aegeriidae, Schreckensteiniidae, Glyphipterygidae, 64 pp.
		Karsholt and Huemer, 1999, Microlepidoptera of Europe 3, Gelechiidae I, 356 pp., 14 col. pl.
		Arenberger, 1995, Pterophoridae 1, 258 pp., 153 pl. (Microlepidoptera Palaearctica 9)
	members.fortunecity.com /kimmo6/micro/micbooks.htm (4110 words)

	MicroLepidoptera
		Microlepidoptera comprise an informal grade of moth taxa.
		Owing to the small size of most species and the difficulty of handling specimens, Microlepidoptera are generally ignored by collectors, even most lepidopterists.
		Thus Microlepidoptera are much more valuable as indicators of the richness and health of a plant community, particularly in disturbed places, because they require smaller patches of habitat to survive than do butterlies or large moths.
	www.hastingsreserve.org /Invertebrates/Insects/Microleps.html (677 words)

	MICROLEPIDOPTERA 1991-1998
		The series of annual compilations of remarkable records of Microlepidoptera is continued for the 31th year.
		The weather in 1996 was probably not favourable for the hibernation of some stages of the moths, the winter and spring with some cold spells that at least made great damage to the flowers of hazel and pear in southern Sweden.
		Contrary to 1990 the weather was probably not favourable to the early stages of the moths, with a mild winter ending in a cold period continuing all the spring and early summer.
	www.bostream.nu /butter/butter/micro96.htm (2253 words)

	Gordon's Apollo Books Review Page
		Microlepidoptera of Europe, Volume 5, Momphidae s.l., by Sjaak Koster and Sergey Sinev
		The microlepidoptera are the least studied of the lepidoptera, nevertheless they represent a major portion of the lepidopteran fauna of any environment.
		I would recommend this book to anybody who is considering studying the Microlepidoptera seriously as the concise descriptions of all the aspects of this group should make the identifications a lot easier.
	www.earthlife.net /insects/pub/apollo.html (4874 words)

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		However, if a moth has been bred from a known food-plant, the family to which it belongs may be obvious from its effect on the food-plant, and knowledge of the food-plant itself may reduce the possibilities to only one or two species, which may be distinguishable on wing pattern.
		With Phyllonorycter, this is only necessary for some of the species that feed on rosaceous trees and here there is much pleasure to be gained in breeding out the moths and trying to identify the species without going to such lengths.
		5) Most adult microlepidoptera are small and are consequently very difficult to set in the traditional manner, without a great deal of practice.
	www.berkshiremothgroup.co.uk /norm2.html (764 words)

	LEPIDOPTERA - LEPIDOPTERA CLASSIFICATION AND HABITS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The butterflies and the larger moths are often associated in a group called the "macrolepidoptera." The families of smaller moths are referred to as "microlepidoptera." While the macrolepidoptera may represent a natural group, the microlepidoptera is more a grouping of convenience that lumps together many different families of small sized, primitive moths.
		The leaf mining microlepidoptera are generally rarely collected and poorly known; although the Ottawa area is one of the best known areas for this group in North America.
		As in the two groups of microlepidoptera, 81% of the fauna of the Ecozone is known from the Ottawa area suggesting that several hundred species remain to be discovered in the southern part of the Ecozone.
	www.naturewatch.ca /Mixedwood/lep/moth4.htm (1240 words)

	Microlepidoptera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Since the beginning of 1999 a selection of the smaller moths caught in the light traps have been set aside for later determination.
		This is a species, native to southern Europe, first found in Britain It is probable that it was introduced with conifers imported by garden centres, rather than arriving as a migrant.
		Larvae were first identified in Britain in 1997, feeding in Lawson’s cypress and more recently on Thuja species (Heckford, R.J. Notes on the larvae of seven species of Microlepidoptera not previously described in the British literature ….
	atschool.eduweb.co.uk /jblincow/nmoths/pitsford/1999PitsfordMicroReport.htm (419 words)

	Moths and Butterflies (Lepidoptera) Chapter: Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The butterflies and the larger moths are often associated in a group called the "macrolepidoptera." The families of smaller moths are referred to as "microlepidoptera." While the macrolepidoptera probably represents a natural group, the microlepidoptera is more a grouping of convenience that lumps together many different families of small-sized, primitive moths.
		The second subgroup of microlepidoptera are the “case-bearers.” Four families (Adelidae, Incurvariidae, Tineidae and Coleophoridae) are small, narrow-winged moths, like the leaf-miners, but the larvae conceal themselves in a case made from of silk and debris; the larvae are often miners when small and build a case when they get larger.
		A fifth family of case-bearers, the Psychidae, or bagworms, are larger; the moths are broader winged, usually 10-12 mm in our species but up to 40 mm in the southern US; the females of most species are wingless and remain in the case to mate, lay their eggs and die.
	www.naturewatch.ca /eman/reports/publications/99_montane/lepidopt/lep03.html (1081 words)

	UC Berkeley ESPM Faculty - Jerry A. Powell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The principal theme of my research has been to discover and correlate biological features with traditional morphological evidence in the development of biosystematic relationships of microlepidoptera (small moths).
		My approach can be categorized along four lines: 1) systematics studies of particular taxa; 2) comparative biology oriented along hostplant or ecological roles (e.g., yucca moths, fungus feeders, borers of woody composites, leaf miners, sand dune associates); 3) a broad spectrum larval rearing program; and 4) faunal inventory.
		The Microlepidoptera fauna of Santa Cruz Island is less depauperate than that of butterflies and larger moths.
	www.cnr.berkeley.edu /espm/directory/fac/powell_j.html (650 words)

	Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning
		The term "microlepidoptera" has been coined for classification convenience, and a line has traditionally been drawn half way along the evolutionary tree, with butterflies and large moths situated on one side, and those that are predominantly small on the other.
		Many moths have caterpillars that are host-specific or that feed on a small range of closely related host plants, and the greater the tree diversity, the more moth species are to be found.
		Most of these species reproduce all year round and the generation time of microlepidoptera in the tropics may be as little as four weeks.
	www.fathom.com /feature/122005 (1938 words)

	2004 Dewind Aard Winners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Microlepidoptera are of substantial biological importance in prairie communities.
		Larvae of almost all microlepidoptera are a food source for a diverse and often specialized array of pathogens, parasitoids, and predators.
		He will then analyze the data to test hypotheses regarding reserve design and management, which are of critical importance in conservation of endangered biotic communities such as prairie remnants.
	www.xerces.org /Dewind2004winners.htm (222 words)

	Arthropods of Economic Importance - Interactive Tutorial for the preparation of genitalia in Microlepidoptera
		Dissecting genitalia is therefore a technique that should be mastered by all entomologists dealing with identification of, for example, species of economic importance.
		A few groups of Microlepidoptera require a different, specialized technique that has been developed and published by Pitkin and Sattler.
		This CD-ROM on the preparation of genitalia of Microlepidoptera is an interactive teaching tool that aims to facilitate the procedure of dissecting genitalia and the making of genitalia slides for relatively inexperienced users.
	www.nbii.gov /metadata/mdata/htmlfiles/ecti_d_microlepidoptera.html (415 words)

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		¡Ý Clarke, J. Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick.
		¡Ý Clarke, J. Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago.
		Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick vol.
	home.cein.or.kr /~ssansana/general/reference2.html (1569 words)

	MICROLEPIDOPTERA 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Svensson, I.: Anmärkningsvärda fynd av småfjärilar (Microlepidoptera) i Sverige 2004.
		[Remarkable records of Microlepidoptera in Sweden during 2004.] Entomologisk Tidskrift 126 (1-2): 21-33.
		At present 1694 species of Microlepidoptera are known from Sweden.
	www.bostream.nu /butter/butter/micro97.htm (103 words)

	Lepidoptera Classification
		It should be emphasized that some “macros” are smaller than some microlepidoptera, and vice-versa.
		An “unofficial” term referring to the Lepidopteran families whose adult members tend to be rather small.
		A few families whose members would typically be called microlepidoptera include the Gelecheidae, Tortricidae, and Pyralidae.
	facweb.furman.edu /~snyderjohn/lepsoc/classification.htm (1046 words)

	John William Douglas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John William Douglas (November 15, 1814- July 28, 1905) was an English entomologist, chiefly interested in microlepidoptera
		John William Douglas was born 1814 in Putney.
		John William Douglas’ British Coleoptera and Hemiptera British Macrolepidoptera and Microlepidoptera are in the Natural History Museum, London.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_William_Douglas (219 words)

	Busck, August - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He also became a specialist at the U.S. National Museum, working on microlepidoptera and greatly improving the museum’s collection.
		August retired from the U.S. National Museum in 1940, and took a Yale fellowship in Hawaii to identify microlepidoptera for the Bishop Museum there.
		Others state that he could have named a thousand more, but he did not describe a new species unless he saw a real scientific or economic need for the differentiation.
	www.pwrc.usgs.gov /resshow/perry/bios/BusckAugust.htm (284 words)

	UKMoths
		Traditionally, moth fieldguides have concentrated on the so-called "macro-moths", of which there are around 800 regular British species.
		To study all of Britain's species including the often very interesting microlepidoptera, requires an expensive library of reference material.
		The aim of this site is to illustrate as many species of British moths as possible and to provide this information in an accessible format.
	ukmoths.org.uk (186 words)

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		It was hoped that a key to the families of Microlepidoptera could be produced, without resorting to `technical‘ characters (ocelli, wing venation, tympanal organs, abdominal re-inforcement and ornamentation, genitalia etc) which are not visible with a hand lens.
		Characters and behaviour of the early stages are not included, although they very often give useful pointers to particular families.
		After the descriptions of individual familes is a short appendix mentioning certain non-micros that are sometimes mistaken for microlepidoptera.
	www.btinternet.com /~angleps/micro_guide.doc (3302 words)

	Lepidoptera - Re: microlepidoptera exchange
		I am very interested in possibilities of exchanging microlepidoptera species.
		I live in the Czech Republic and that’ s why I could offer foremost central european microlepidoptera (with identification).
		I can collect microlepidoptera for you if you are interested.
	rusinsects.com /forum/read.php3?f=2&i=553&t=491 (123 words)

	Lepidoptera of Belgium: References
		Molylepkék I. Microlepidoptera I. In: Gozmány, L. and Szöcs, J.: Microlepidoptera I.
		Synopsis of the NW European Microlepidoptera with special reference to the ecology and the taxonomy of the Dutch species 1.
		In: Gozmány, L. and Szöcs, J.: Microlepidoptera I.
	webhost.ua.ac.be /vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/References.htm (6267 words)

	Afrotropical Gracillariidae — Metafro Infosys
		Clarke J. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick.
		Meyrick E. Descriptions of Microlepidoptera from Mauritius and the Chagos Islands.
		Parenti U. A Guide to the Microlepidoptera of Europe.
	www.metafro.be /graci/references (1322 words)

	Staff of the Lepidoptera Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Research: Microlepidoptera of Bavaria, Systematics and Taxonomy of Phycitinae
		Preparation, in particular Geometridae, Noctuidae; computer based inventory of the collection; curation of the collection.
		Thesis title : Effect of shifts of the larval biology on the radiation of Microlepidoptera (Pyralidae, Yponomeutidae) feeding on gymnosperm hosts.
	www.zsm.mwn.de /lep/e/staff.htm (238 words)

	ETI BioInformatics - Arthropods of Economic Importance - Interactive tutorial for the preparation of genitalia in ...
		Described are the procedures used for the economically important superfamily Tortricoidea, which have broad application to a great many groups of Microlepidoptera.
		For both males and females, most steps in the procedures are clarified using QuickTime movies.
		ETI Partners may order directly at, mentioning their partner status, to receive a discount on the retail price of all CD-ROMs.
	www.eti.uva.nl /Products/catalogue/cd_detail.php?id=152&referrer=catalogue (238 words)

	Research projects of the Lepidoptera Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Taxonomy of the Phycitinae (Pyralidae): Preparative studies for a revision of some problematic taxa, studies within the framework of the book project "Microlepidoptera of Europe".
		Microlepidoptera Bavarica: provision of an annotated, taxonomically revised check-list Construction of a central data-base for Bavarian Microlepidoptera
		Studies on the fauna of Microlepidoptera in the Mediterranean (Egean islands, southern Italy) with conclusions on zoogeographical patterns
	www.zsm.mwn.de /lep/e/research.htm (444 words)

	Record Unit 7422 - National Museum of Natural History, Collected Scientific Illustrations and Photographs of Insects, ...
		Illustrations by Andre del Campo Pizzini for "Neotropical Microlepidoptera XVIII," Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 48, 1970.
		Illustrations by Andre del Campo Pizzini for "Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX," Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 106, 1971.
		Photographs and scientific illustrations of the microlepidoptera Tortricoidea for the book Insects of Micronesia, volume 9, number 1, 1976.
	www.si.edu /archives/archives/findingaids/FARU7422.htm (437 words)

	Clarke, John - Biologist
		He received his PhD degree from the University of London in 1949 for this research that was later published as a monumental eight volume work entitled Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick.
		He was an internationallyknown expert on Oecophoridae and microlepidoptera of island systems.
		In 1971, he published on Lepidoptera of Rapa Island and in 1986 Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago.
	www.pwrc.usgs.gov /resshow/perry/bios/ClarkeJohn.htm (531 words)

	Literature Cited of Catalog of type specimens of Tortricidae in the National Museum of Natural History Collection of ...
		On a collection of microlepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon).
		Klots, A. Type material of North American Microlepidoptera other than Aegeriidae in the AMNH.
		Neotropical Microlepidoptera, V. Synopsis of the species of the genus Proeulia from central Chile (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
	www.sel.barc.usda.gov /lep/tort_types_lit.html (606 words)

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