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A Survey Of Lepidopteran Diversity And Abundance At Longwood University’S Lancer Park, Victoria Acosta, Sujan Henkanaththegedara
A Survey Of Lepidopteran Diversity And Abundance At Longwood University’S Lancer Park, Victoria Acosta, Sujan Henkanaththegedara
Victoria Acosta
There are about 825 specie of butterflies and about 12,000 specie of moths in North America. However, the species diversity of lepidopterans in the eastern United States is poorly documented, especially for moths. Longwood University started Longwood BioBlitz in 2016 to document the species diversity in Lancer Park and to promote citizen science. This study expanded our goals to document species in the fall season for a period of 8 weeks covering more habitats. During fall of 2017, 84 specimen were observed and identified into 28 species under 9 families. This study adds novel information to the species diversity of …