Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records

Shropshire, Kimberley J.; Tallamy, Douglas W.

Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records

dc.contributor.author	Shropshire, Kimberley J.
dc.contributor.author	Tallamy, Douglas W.
dc.date.accessioned	2026-06-03T14:08:56Z
dc.date.issued	2025-11-26
dc.description	Dataset supplements publication by Zookeys: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1261.160796
dc.description.abstract	We provide a list of all named Lepidoptera in the USA and Canada. Data include ranges, host plants, and synonymies. Information is annotated, including detailed range notes and host-plant records. Data are also provided in unique, easily filtered fields. The list establishes 12,541 native species, 325 exotic species, and 189 species straying occasionally into North America. In addition, we list 146 known but undescribed species, 112 species with uncertain or unresolved status, and 450 excluded species. 7423 of the described species in North America have host record data. Information is presented here as an Excel spreadsheet.
dc.identifier.citation	Shropshire, Kimberley J., and Douglas W. Tallamy. 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. Zookeys 1261:101-113. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1261.160796. [May2026_UPDATE]
dc.identifier.uri	https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/37196
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	ZooKeys
dc.rights	CC0 1.0 Universal	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subject	Butterfly
dc.subject	Canada
dc.subject	Lepidoptera
dc.subject	moth
dc.subject	skipper
dc.subject	UDELep
dc.subject	United States
dc.title	Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records
dc.type	Dataset