Author: Kent McFarland
Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence

Records of Hawk Moths (Sphingidae) from Vermont, USA

Kent McFarland^1, Trish Hanson^2

1 Vermont Center for Ecostudies, PO Box 420, 05055, Norwich, United States; 2 Vermont Forest, Parks, and Recreation, 111 West Street, 05452-4695, Essex Junction

Corresponding author(s): Kent McFarland (kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org)Trish Hanson (trish.hanson@vermont.gov)

Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date}

Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

McFarland K, Hanson T (2021): Records of Hawk Moths (Sphingidae) from Vermont, USA. v1.6. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=sphingidae_vt&v=1.6

Abstract

Occurrence data for Hawk Moths (Sphingidae) of Vermont derived from specimen data from collections and verified photographs from observers. A faunal checklist published in 1995 (https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/reports/VTmothsbutterflies.pdf) listed 28 species for Vermont. This dataset adds 9 more species to the faunal list for Vermont. Part of this dataset was contributed to https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185683. This study demonstrated that at least ten of the 26 species examined, or more than one-third, were found to be in long-term decline or locally extirpated, whereas four species increased from 1900–2012 in the northeastern U.S.

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence

Project details

Project title: Vermont Atlas of Life
Personnel: Kent McFarland
Study area descriptions/descriptor: State of Vermont, USA

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=sphingidae_vt

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The Sphingidae, a family of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths, and hornworms
Taxonomic ranks
Family: sphingidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: State of Vermont, United States, North America
Coordinates: 42°38'60''N and 45°2'24''N Latitude; 73°39'7.2''W and 71°27'18''W Longitude 

Natural collections description

Collection name: Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist
Collection identifier: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/vermont-atlas-of-life
Natural collections description

Collection name: Scott Griggs personal collection
Natural collections description

Collection name: UVM Entomology Research Lab
Natural collections description

Collection name: UVM Zadock Thompson Natural History Collection
Natural collections description

Collection name: Vermont Forest, Parks, and Recreation Department - Forest Biology Lab
Natural collections description

Collection name: Warren Kiel personal collection

Methods

Method step description: unknown
Study extent description: State of Vermont, USA
Sampling description: Variety of ad hoc collecting across Vermont.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Records of Hawk Moths (Sphingidae) from Vermont, USA
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/archive.do?r=sphingidae_vt
Publication date of data: 2021-12-22
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-02-07
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Grehan, John R. et al. 1995. Moths and butterflies of Vermont (Lepidoptera): A faunal checklist. Misc. Publ. 116, VMC Bull. 1, 86 pp. https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/reports/VTmothsbutterflies.pdf https://www.uvm.edu/femc/attachments/project/999/reports/VTmothsbutterflies.pdf
Young BE, Auer S, Ormes M, Rapacciuolo G, Schweitzer D, et al. (2017) Are pollinating hawk moths declining in the Northeastern United States? An analysis of collection records. PLOS ONE 12(10): e0185683. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185683 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185683