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Issue: Vol. 3571 No. 1: 4 Dec. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3571.1.1
Page range: 1–25
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A Checklist of the Moths of Alaska

5405 Bill Nye Avenue, R.R.#3, Laramie, WY 82070. Research Associate: McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
USDA Forest Service, State & Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Fairbanks Unit, 3700 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK; Research Associate: University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, Biodiversity Program, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K. E. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
1590 Becker Ridge Rd., Fairbanks, AK, 99709. Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; Research Associate: University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, Biodiversity Program, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K. E. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960
Lepidoptera Alaska checklist moths North America

Abstract

This article represents the first published complete checklist of the moth taxa, resident and occasional, recorded to datefor Alaska. Seven-hundred and ten species are listed. General species distribution ranges within the state are included.Three North American records are listed for the first time: Cydia cornucopiae (Tengström); Eucosma hohenwartiana ([D. & S.]); Acronicta menyanthidis (Vieweg).

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