[Leps-l] Anyone ever hear of moths referred to as Heterocerids?

[John Shuey]

Thanks everyone – it never occurred to me that someone would bastardize Heterocera into Heterocerid.   Seems obvious in hindsight – perhaps…

j

From: John V. Calhoun <bretcal1 at verizon.net>
Sent: Monday, March 1, 2021 10:16 AM
To: John Shuey <jshuey at TNC.ORG>; Leps-L <leps-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Leps-l] Anyone ever hear of moths referred to as Heterocerids?

Hi John,

This refers to outdated divisions of Lepidoptera, were butterflies are in Rhopalocera and moths are in Heterocera.

John C.



On Monday, March 1, 2021, 9:27 AM, John Shuey <jshuey at TNC.ORG<mailto:jshuey at TNC.ORG>> wrote:

Am I falling behind the times – or is this a made up term?  A quote from an SER publication –



 “As a scientist and naturalist, Blaine has spent hundreds of nights conducting Nocturnal Lepidoptera (Heterocerids, a.k.a. Moths) surveys across the state of New Jersey”.





Thanks,

j

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