Lepidoptera of Canada

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Pohl, Gregory R., Landry, Jean-François, Schmidt, B. Chris, deWaard, Jeremy R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019
• Subjects: Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; biodiversity assessment; Biota of Canada; moths; butterflies; British Columbia; Canada; Nunavut; Pacific; Yukon; Beringia; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/2554721; https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.819.27259

The known Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) of the provinces and territories of Canada are summarised, and current knowledge is compared to the state of knowledge in 1979. A total of 5405 species are known to occur in Canada in 81 families, and a further 50 species have been reported but are uncon...