Founded June 2006
By
Hugo L. Kons Jr. & Robert
J. Borth
MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of Lepidoptera Biodiversity LLC
is to conduct and publish research which increases the scientific understanding
of Lepidoptera and natural habitats, and which improves the potential for their
preservation.
PROFILE
Lepidoptera Biodiversity LLC is a private research
institution active in a variety of avenues of Lepidoptera research, including
biodiversity inventories and studies of Lepidoptera evolution, taxonomy, three
dimensional morphological imagery, molecular genetics, distribution, habitat
dependency, phenology, ecology, and conservation. Our current focus is a phylogenetic study and
revision of the Catocala (Noctuidae) integrating morphology and mitochondrial
DNA. We are collaborating with Larry
Gall and David Hawks on the MONA fascicle for Catocala, and are working on a series of publications that will
provide high quality images of adults and genitalia of all known Nearctic taxa
and as many old world taxa as possible.
We also publish the North American Journal of Lepidoptera Biodiversity,
a scientific journal specializing in monographs or series of papers presenting
Lepidoptera biodiversity inventory data and analysis for sites in North
America. Furthermore, we maintain a web
site with a variety of different resources for those interested in Lepidoptera.
Note: We have established our scientific research
institution as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) because we are involved in the
sale of scientific journals. Please note
we are NOT involved in the commercial sale of insect specimens. All of our specimens are collected for
noncommercial scientific purposes.