Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 091998 Title: Moth Occurrence Database Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Description: Abstract: This data set portrays the occurrence of moths in counties in the United States. Moth occurrence data are cumulative, so positive occurrence data do not necessarily imply current residence of the species. Most records are from the last 30 to 40 years, with a few records that date from as early as the late 1800's. Purpose: The digital data sets are used to create electronic and hard copy maps that depict various aspects of the nation. The data can be used to conduct geographic analysis on national and large regional scales. The digital data will provide a basis from which future revisions of the atlas can be derived. Supplemental_Information: This data set must be used together with the dBASE IV file mothspt.dbf. Mothspt.dbf describes the moth species to which this occurrence data applies. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1995 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: 172 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 72 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: moths Theme_Keyword: lepidoptera Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Alabama Place_Keyword: Arkansas Place_Keyword: Arizona Place_Keyword: California Place_Keyword: Colorado Place_Keyword: Connecticut Place_Keyword: Delaware Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: Georgia Place_Keyword: Idaho Place_Keyword: Iowa Place_Keyword: Illinois Place_Keyword: Indiana Place_Keyword: Kansas Place_Keyword: Kentucky Place_Keyword: Louisiana Place_Keyword: Maine Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Maryland Place_Keyword: Michigan Place_Keyword: Minnesota Place_Keyword: Missouri Place_Keyword: Mississippi Place_Keyword: Montana Place_Keyword: North Carolina Place_Keyword: North Dakota Place_Keyword: Nebraska Place_Keyword: New Hampshire Place_Keyword: New Jersey Place_Keyword: New Mexico Place_Keyword: Nevada Place_Keyword: New York Place_Keyword: Ohio Place_Keyword: Oklahoma Place_Keyword: Oregon Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Place_Keyword: South Carolina Place_Keyword: South Dakota Place_Keyword: Tennessee Place_Keyword: Texas Place_Keyword: Utah Place_Keyword: Vermont Place_Keyword: Virginia Place_Keyword: Wisconsin Place_Keyword: Washington Place_Keyword: West Virginia Place_Keyword: Wyoming Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None. Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Bruce Wright Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 521 National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-4528 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bwright@usgs.gov Data_Set_Credit: The following people and organizations contributed to the original data set compiled by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC). Contributors are listed by project. Subfamily Heliothentinae of the Noctuidae, Owlet Moths: Data contributed by Chuck Harp, Great Falls, Montana. Mailing address: 3426 St. Johns Ave., Billings, MT 59102. Distribution of Saturniidae of Western North America: The following individuals generously provided locality records for the first edition and NPWRC thanks them for their invaluable contributions: Ray Albright, Donald E. Bowman, Clifford D. Ferris, Paul Hammond, Richard C. Holland, Roy O. Kendall, Edward C. Knudson, Boris C. Kondratieff, Robert L. Langston, Claude Lemaire, David V. McCorkle, Noel McFarland; Stephanie McKown, Raymond W. Neck, Harold Rice, Richard C. Rosche, Patrick J. Savage, Jon H. Shepard, Michael J. Smith, Steven Spomer, Ray E. Stanford, Stephen E. Stone, Andrew D. Warren, Michael J. Weissmann, and Kirby L. Wolfe. NPWRC thanks curators in the following institutions for access to material under their care: Biosystematics Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario; Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska; C.P. Gillette Museum of Insect Biodiversity, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Denver Museum of Natural History, Colorado; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois; James Entomology Collection, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington; Kearney State College, Kearney, Nebraska; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C.; Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; Pikes Peak Research Station, Florissant, Colorado; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; University of California, Berkeley, California; University of California, Davis, California; University of Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas; W.F. Barr Collection, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Jon H. Shepard recorded data from private collections and institutions in the Pacific Northwest and graciously provided them for use in this data set. NPWRC gratefully acknowledges the individuals and collections who provided data to Mr. Shepard. Distribution of Sphingidae of Western North America: The following institutional collections were consulted for specimen data for this study: Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho; Boise State University, Boise, Idaho; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California; California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California; Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado; Kearney State College, Kearney, Nebraska; Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas, Nevada; New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem; Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; Pikes Peak Research Station, Florissant, Colorado; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California; San Jose State University, San Jose, California; United States Natural History Museum, Washington, D.C.; University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; University of California, Berkeley, California; University of California, Davis, California; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; Utah State University, Logan, Utah; Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Information based on specimens from collections curated by the following individuals were consulted: George Austin, Las Vegas, Nevada; Andre Blanchard (deceased), Houston, Texas; Don Bowman, Golden, Colorado; Jim Brock, Tucson, Arizona; Neil Dankert, Kearney, Nebraska; Scott Ellis, Fort Collins, Colorado; Clifford Ferris, Laramie, Wyoming; Greg Forbes, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Chuck Harp, Missoula, Montana; Richard Holland, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Roy Kendall, San Antonio, Texas; Ed Knudson, Houston, Texas; Robert Langston, Kensington, California; Douglas Long (deceased), North Dakota; David McCorkle, Monmouth, Oregon; Stephanie McKown, Camas, Washington; Noel McFarland, Hereford, Arizona; Stephen Miller, Grass Valley, California; Raymond Neck, Houston, Texas; John Nelson, Tulsa, Oklahoma; William D. Patterson, Sacramento, California; Kelly Richers, Bakersfield, California; Richard Rosche, Chadron, Nebraska; David Russell, Davis, California; Jon Shepard, Nelson, British Columbia; Jeffrey Smith, Rocklyn, California; Michael Smith, Roseville, California; Stephen Spomer, Lincoln, Nebraska; Ray Stanford, Denver, California. Distribution of Saturniidae and Sphingidae of Eastern North America: NPWRC wishes to thank the following individuals who provided information on the regional occurrence of eastern U.S. and eastern Canadian hawkmoths and silkmoths: James K. Adams, Dalton, Georgia; Tom Allen, Elkins, West Virginia; Robert Burnett, New York; Linda Butler, Morgantown, West Virginia; Matthew Jason Call, Ganby, Connecticut; Everett D. Cashatt, Springfield, Illinois; Paul Cavalonte, New York; Charles V. Covell, Jr., Louisville, Kentucky; R. Dirig, Ithaca, New York; Andrew Douglass, Traverse City, Michigan; Christopher Douglas, Traverse City, Michigan; John F. Douglass, Toledo, Ohio; Leslie A. Ferge, Middleton, Wisconsin; Richard C. Fleming, Olivet, Michigan; Ed Fuller, Edmonton, Alberta; George Godfrey, Haskell, Oklahoma; Thomas Greager, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Steve Greenfield, Dougherty County, Georgia; Frank Gregus, New Jersey; A.J. Hanks, Aurora, Ontario; W. Houtz, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania; Steven Johnson, Sunbury, Pennsylvania; Boris C. Kondratieff, Fort Collins, Colorado; Steven Krauth, Madison, Wisconsin; George O. Krizek, Washington, D.C.; James J. Kruse, Kewaskum, Wisconsin; W.B. McKillop, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Stephanie McKown, Camas, Washington; Peter May, Florida; Jim Mouw, Iowa Falls, Iowa; John C. Morse; Troy Payne, Charlottesville, Virginia; R.A. Raguso, New Jersey; Ron Rockwell, Kentucky; Daniel Sblendorio, Middletown, New Jersey; Arthur Sciaulino, Eatontown, New Jersey; John Snyder, Greenville, South Carolina; Robert Spevak, Michigan City, Indiana; Rob Stevenson, Massachusetts; Theodore N. Taft, Fredonia, New York; Jim Taylor, Savannah, Georgia; A.W. Thomas, Fredericton, New Brunswick; James P. Tuttle, Troy, Michigan; Dr. and Mrs. R.A. Valerio, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; Jeanne Van Houten, Ellisville, Mississippi; David L. Wagner, Storrs, Connecticut; Robert Weast, Johnston, Iowa; Benjamin D. Williams, III, Pomfret Center, Connecticut; Bob Woodward, St. Paul, Minnesota; Amy Bartlett Wright, Rhode Island; Chris A. Young, Angola, Indiana. Data were collected from the following institutional collections: Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina; Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, Illinois; Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois; Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State, Mississippi; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.; Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; Strickland Museum, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; University of Northern Michigan; University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Charleston, West Virginia; West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. NPWRC wants to especially thank A.D. Warren for recording data from the Cornell University Insect Collection and Leonard Munstermann for providing data from the Peabody Natural History Museum at Yale University. NPWRC acknowledges the Zoology Department of the Nature Conservancy for a contract that allowed collection of data from several eastern U.S. museums and compilation of the NPWRC atlas. Native_Data_Set_Environment: dBASE IV Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All records in the original files were checked by a qualified lepidopterist before inclusion. Both compilation and checking were performed manually and there is a possibility that some errors may remain. Logical_Consistency_Report: Not applicable Completeness_Report: This data file includes information for all counties in the United States where population information is available. A species is reported as present in a county if there is a specimen in an institutional or private collection, or a reliable literature record such as a citation in an original description, a monograph, or a State compilation. Records may represent either resident or stray status. Lack of data for a county indicates that no records exist, rather than that no species are present. This data is cumulative, so a positive record does not necessarily imply current residence of the species. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Publication_Date: 1995 Title: Text file of moth occurrence information Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Jamestown, ND Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Type_of_Source_Media: electronic mail system Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 1995 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information Source_Citation_Abbreviation: mothtab Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division Publication_Date: 1995 Title: Text file of moth common names and species Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Jamestown, ND Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Type_of_Source_Media: electronic mail system Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: Unknown Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Contribution: Attribute information Source_Citation_Abbreviation: mothspec Process_Step: Process_Description: The original occurrence file (mothtab) was compiled by the Biological Resources Division from multiple sources, including U.S. museums, State University collections, reliable literature publications, scientific literature, private collections, and information provided by State and regional coordinators. Most records are specimen based, although some sightings of easily identified species were accepted. Primary references include: Opler, Paul A. 1995. Lepidoptera of North America: 1. Distribution of silkmoths (Saturniidae) and hawkmoths (Sphingidae) of eastern North America. Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Insect Biodiversity Museum, Department of Entomology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Peigler, Richard S. and Paul A. Opler. 1993. Moths of western North America: 1. Distribution of Saturniidae of Western North America. 1993. Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Insect Biodiversity Museum, Department of Entomology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Smith, Michael J. 1995. Moths of Western North America: 2. Distribution of Sphingidae of Western North America, revised. Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Insect Biodiversity Museum, Department of Entomology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Further information on sources and procedures can be found on the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center web page on moths at: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/mothsusa.htm The Species listing (mothspec) was compiled by the Biological Resources Division. Naming is based on Tuskes, P. M., J. P. Tuttle, and M. M. Collins, 1996, The Wild Silk Moths of North America, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY and London; and on Hodges, R.W. and others, editors, 1983, Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, DC. The two source files were received as ASCII delimited text files. These files were read into WordPerfect and edited to delete extra characters, and to add column headings. The resulting files were loaded into ArcView as text, then saved as .dbf files. Mothtab was edited in ArcView to convert the FIPS codes from integer to character, and to add leading zeros to those FIPS codes that were only 4 digits. Both files were then saved in ArcView as .dbf files. In the online, interactive National Atlas of the United States, the occurrence file is joined to the county boundaries for display purposes, and the occurrence file and the species listing are linked via a Structured Query Language statement in Microsoft Access. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: mothtab Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: mothspec Process_Date: 1998 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas (FIPS 5-2): Washington, D. C., National Institute of Standards and Technology. U.S. Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas (FIPS 6-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology. Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Moth occurrences; moths0t.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Whether a moth has been reported in a given county; listed as a table of moth distribution Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute: Attribute_Label: Fips Attribute_Definition: The State and county FIPS code for the area to which the occurrence data applies. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-4, 1990 Codeset_Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology Attribute: Attribute_Label: Specie# Attribute_Definition: The Species number where # is a number from 1 to 557. The species numbers represent moth species, which are identified by Species name, Family, Subfamily, and Common name in mothspt.dbf. The species number in moths0t.dbf corresponds to the number listed under Column in the mothspt.dbf file. For example, the Specie1 field contains occurrence data for Actias luna (Common name: Luna moth) moths. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The moth species defined for the field has not been reported in the county. Counties are identified in the "Fips" column. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The moth species defined for the field has been reported in the county. Counties are identified in the "Fips" column. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Bruce Wright Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 521 National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-4528 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bwright@usgs.gov Distribution_Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USGS regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 19980922 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Bruce Wright Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 521 National Center City: Reston State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 20192 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-4528 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bwright@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Security_Information: Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None