National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Insecta (NMNH-Insecta)

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Parsed IPT import workflow
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 5,838 specimen records
  • 1,198 (21%) georeferenced
  • 553 (9%) with images (1,849 total images)
  • 4,062 (70%) identified to species
  • 336 families
  • 1,208 genera
  • 2,096 species
  • 2,097 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Ambia (1)
  • Analyta (1)
  • Anthopteryx (1)
  • Anypsipyla (1)
  • Argyractis (1)
  • Argyria (2)
  • Aulacodes (5)
  • Bema (1)
  • Bocchoris (9)
  • Bonchis (1)
  • Caphys (2)
  • Cataclysta (7)
  • Chorrera (3)
  • Coenochroa (1)
  • Comotia (1)
  • Craftsia (1)
  • Cryptoses (1)
  • Cyclopalpia (1)
  • Deopteryx (1)
  • Desmia (3)
  • Diatomocera (1)
  • Diatraea (3)
  • Difundella (1)
  • Drescoma (3)
  • Ephestiodes (1)
  • Eufernaldia (1)
  • Eurythmasis (1)
  • Galasa (12)
  • Genopaschia (1)
  • Gephyrella (1)
  • Glossopaschia (1)
  • Harnochina (1)
  • Homophysodes (1)
  • Hypocosmia (2)
  • Illatila (2)
  • Lepidogma (1)
  • Lepidomys (1)
  • Liopasia (1)
  • Lygropia (2)
  • Mescinia (2)
  • Micromescinia (1)
  • Microphestia (1)
  • Microphycita (1)
  • Moerbes (1)
  • Navasota (1)
  • Neurophyseta (1)
  • Ocoba (1)
  • Oligostigma (3)
  • Oncolabis (1)
  • Parachma (1)
  • Parambia (2)
  • Paridnea (1)
  • Passelgis (1)
  • Patissa (1)
  • Pelasgis (1)
  • Piesmopoda (3)
  • Piletocera (1)
  • Piletosoma (1)
  • Pilocrocis (3)
  • Pococera (2)
  • Pocopaschia (2)
  • Psephis (1)
  • Pyrausta (1)
  • Replicia (1)
  • Restidia (1)
  • Rupela (2)
  • Salobrena (1)
  • Scoparia (1)
  • Spilomela (1)
  • Taboga (1)
  • Uliosoma (1)
  • Varneria (1)
  • Xantippe (5)
  • Zamagiria (1)
  • Zamanna (1)