Migratory Insects of North America

Odonata / Orthoptera / Hemiptera / Homoptera / Coleoptera / Lepidoptera

Bibliography

Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn


Odonata - Dragonflies




Aeshnidae - Darners


Migration Reference (not species' author)


Common Green Darner Anax junius Williams 1958


Swamp Darner Epiaeschna heros






Libellulidae - Skippers





Great Pondhawk Erythemis vesiculosa


Bar-winged Skimmer Libellula axilena


Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella Williams 1958


Painted Skimmer Libellula semifasciata


Great Blue Skimmer Libellula vibrans


Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis


Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens Williams 1958


Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea


Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum Opler 1971


Striped Saddlebags Tramea calverti


Carolina Saddlebags Tramea carolina


Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata


Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta





Orthoptera - Grasshoppers



Acrididae - Short-horned Grasshoppers




Migratory Grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes Web link


Rocky Mountain Locust Melanoplus spretus (extinct) Riley 1877





Hemiptera - True Bugs




Lygaeidae - Seed Bugs





Large Milkweed Bug  Oncopeltus fasciatus Dingle 1978





Homoptera




Cicadellidae - Leafhoppers





Beet Leafhopper Circulifer tenellus Williams 1958


Potato Leafhopper

Empoasca fabae

Taylor & Reling 1986


Six-spotted Leafhopper Macrosteles fascifrons






Aphididae - Aphids





Greenbug Schizaphis graminum





Coleoptera - Beetles




Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles





Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata Johnson 1969






Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles





Convergent Ladybird Beetle Hippodamia convergens Rankin & Rankin 1980





Lepidoptera - Butterflies & Moths



Papilionidae - Swallowtails





Zebra Swallowtail

Eurytides marcellus Walker 2001






Pieridae - Whites & Sulphurs





Cabbage White  Pieris rapae Walker 2001


Great Southern White  Ascia monuste


Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae Walker 1978


Apricot Sulphur Phoebis argante


Statira Sulphur Aphrissa statira Williams 1958


Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside Gilbert 1985


Barred Yellow  Eurema daira Walker 2001


Mexican Yellow Eurema mexicana


Little Yellow Eurema (Pyrisitia) lisa Walker 2001


Sleepy Orange Eurema (Abaeis) nicippe Walker 2001






Nymphalidae - Brushfoots





American Snout Libytheana carinenta Gilbert 1985


Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae Walker 1978, 1980, 1985


Common Buckeye Junonia coenia Walker 1978


Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis


Mourning Cloak  Nymphalis antiopa Williams 1958


Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Walker 2001


Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Williams 1958


American Lady Vanessa virginiensis Walker 2001


Many-banded Daggerwing Marpesia chiron Williams 1958


Dingy Purplewing  Eunica monima Williams 1958


Common Mestra Mestra amymone


Monarch Danaus plexippus Urquhart & Urquhart 1977


Queen Danaus gilippus






Hesperiidae - Skippers





Long-tailed Skipper  Urbanus proteus Walker 1978


Dorantes Longtail Urbanus dorantes


Ocola Skipper  Panoquina ocola






Sphingidae - Sphinx Moths





Pink-spotted Hawkmoth Agrius cingulata


Mournful Sphinx Enyo lugubris


Ello sphinx Erinnyis ello Sala 1959


Obscure sphinx Erinnyis obscura Sala 1959


Tersa sphinx Xylophanes tersa






Noctuidae - Owlet Moths





Black Cutworm Agrotis ipsilon Hendrix & Showers 1992


Cotton Leafworm Alabama argillacea


Velvetbean Caterpillar Anticarsia gemmatalis


Black Witch Ascalapha odorata Williams 1958


Army Cutworm Euxoa auxiliaris


Corn Earworm Helicoverpa zea


Armyworm Pseudaletia unipuncta


Yellow Underwing Moth Noctua pronuba Baker & Mather 1982. 


Soybean Looper Pseudoplusia includens


Beet Armyworm Spodoptera exigua Mitchell 1979


Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda


Cabbage Looper Trichoplusia ni


White Witch Thysania agrippina


Owl Moth Thysania zenobia






Uraniidae - Swallowtail Moths




Urania Swallowtail Moth Urania fulgens Kendall 1978


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