Annette Aiello Lepidoptera Collection (STRI-AALC)

Annette Aiello reared Lepidoptera as well as some other orders, occupies 75 Cornell drawers. The collection includes mounted head capsules, pupal exuviae, cocoons and other abandoned parts.
Curator: Annette Aiello, aielloa@si.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-5233-4841)
Data Technician/Photographer: Marleny Rivera, RiveraME@si.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0003-1231-4579)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 887954c0-3c96-4da4-8c46-2fe3360bbced
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 9,896 specimen records
  • 2,369 (24%) georeferenced
  • 256 (3%) with images (383 total images)
  • 7,371 (74%) identified to species
  • 145 families
  • 506 genera
  • 509 species
  • 551 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Apilocrocis (3)
  • Asturodes (9)
  • Bocchoris (2)
  • Desmia (37)
  • Diaphania (2)
  • Dichocrocis (3)
  • Glaphyria (3)
  • Hahncappsia (1)
  • Hellula (1)
  • Herpetogramma (24)
  • Hyalorista (9)
  • Leucochromodes (1)
  • Liopasia (23)
  • Lipocosma (7)
  • Maracayia (11)
  • Massepha (22)
  • Micromartinia (12)
  • Microthyris (13)
  • Omiodes (21)
  • Palpita (2)
  • Palpusia (33)
  • Pantographa (3)
  • Patania (5)
  • Phaedropsis (15)
  • Phostria (24)
  • Praeacrospila (2)
  • Prenesta (19)
  • Psara (16)
  • Pyraustinae (7)
  • Rhectocraspeda (1)
  • Spilomelinae (15)
  • Trithyris (8)