Description
The Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) project is ambitious effort to collect and provide access to quality-controlled data about butterflies and moths for the continent of North America from Panama to Canada. The project is hosted by the Butterfly and Moth Information Network and is directed by Kelly Lotts and Thomas Naberhaus. Our goal is to fill the needs of scientists and nature observers by bringing verified occurrence and life history data into one accessible location.
BAMONA is a rich data source that grows daily. Citizen scientists of all ages and experience levels participate by taking photographs of butterflies and moths and then submitting their observations. Additional BAMONA data come from museum and personal collections, published literature, and professional lepidopterists. Quality control is provided by collaborating lepidopterists who serve as regional coordinators. Standardized data and metadata are stored in a database and accessible through the web site (http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/) via checklists, species profiles, maps displaying point data, and other tools.
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Mots-clé
Metadata; Lepidoptera; butterflies; moths; citizen science; monitoring
Contacts
- Créateur ●
- Personne De Contact
- Coordinator
- Fournisseur Des Métadonnées
- Technical Information Specialist - Biology
- 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 302
- +1-703-648-4385
- Personne De Contact
- Coordinator
Couverture géographique
Panama north to and including Canada, west to and including Alaska, to the eastern United States.
| Enveloppe géographique | Sud Ouest [8,407, -168,75], Nord Est [71,636, -59,414] |
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Couverture taxonomique
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) of Central and North America.
| Family | Hesperiidae (skippers), Papilionidae (Parnassians and swallowtail butterflies), Pieridae (white and sulphur butterflies, Pierid butterflies), Lycaenidae (gossamer-wing butterflies), Riodinidae (metalmark butterflies), Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies), Saturniidae (sphinx moths, hawkmoths), Doidae (Doid moths), Notodontidae (prominent butterflies), Noctuidae (owlet moths, miller moths), Erebidae (Erebid moths), Euteliidae (Euteliid moths), Nolidae (tuft moths), Oecophoridae (concealer moths), Peleopodidae (Peleopodid moths), Opostegidae (Opostegid moths), Nepticulidae (pygmy moths, midget moths), Tischeriidae (Tischeriid moths), Incurvariidae (leafcutter moths), Prodoxidae (Yucca moths), Adelidae (Adelid moths), Heliozelidae (shield bearer moths), Tineidae (clothes moths), Acrolophidae (burrowing webworm moths), Psychidae (Psychids, bagworm moths), Gracillariidae (leaf blotch, miner moths), Elachistidae (grass miner moths), Autostichidae (Autostichid moths), Blastobasidae (Blastobasid moths), Coleophoridae (Coleophorid case-bearers), Batrachedridae (Batrachedrid moths), Momphidae (Momphid moths), Cosmopterigidae (Cosmopterigid moths), Gelechiidae (twirler moths), Schythrididae (Scythridid moths), Glyphidoceridae (Glyphidocerid moths), Carposinidae (Caposinid moths), Schreckensteiniidae (bristle-legged moths), Epermeniidae (Epermeniid moths), Glyphipterigidae (sedge moths), Plutellidae (Plutellid moths), Yponomeutidae (Yponomeutid moths), Acrolepiidae (false diamondback moths), Lacturidae (tropical burnet moths), Lyonetiidae (Lyonetiid moths), Bucculatricidae (Buccalatricid moths), Galacticidae (Galacticid moths), Ypsolophidae (Ypsolophid moths), Chroeutidae (Choreuitid moths), Sesiidae (Sesiid moths), Castniidae (Castniid moths), Cossidae (Cossid moths, carpenter moths), Tortricidae (Tortricid moths), Megalopygidae (flannel moths), Limacodidae (Limacodids, slug caterpillar moths), Epipyropidae (planthopper parasite moths), Dalceridae (Dalcerid moths), Crambidae (Crambid snout moths), Pyralidae (Pyralid moths), Thyrididae (Thyridid moths), Hepialidae (ghost moths), Pterophoridae (Pterophorid moths, plume moths), Geometridae (Geometer moths, looper moths), Uraniidae (swallowtail moths), Sematuridae (Sematurid moths), Mimallonidae (Mimallonid moths), Apatelodidae (Apatelodid moths), Lasiocampidae (Lasiocampid moths), Alucitidae (many-plume moths), Xyloryctidae (Xyloryctid moths), Heliodinidae (Heliodinid moths), Micropterigidae (mandibulate archaic moths), Copromorphidae (tropical fruitworm moths) |
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Méthodes d'échantillonnage
BAMONA is a rich data source that grows daily. Citizen scientists of all ages and experience levels participate by taking photographs of butterflies and moths and then submitting their observations. Additional BAMONA data come from museum and personal collections, published literature, and professional lepidopterists.
| Etendue de l'étude | The Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) project is ambitious effort to collect and provide access to quality-controlled data about butterflies and moths for the continent of North America from Panama to Canada. The project is hosted by the Butterfly and Moth Information Network and is directed by Kelly Lotts and Thomas Naberhaus. Our goal is to fill the needs of scientists and nature observers by bringing verified occurrence and life history data into one accessible location. |
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| Contrôle qualité | Data quality is an issue for all citizen science projects because the value of the database is only as good as its weakest record. Because many species can look very similar and because it can be quite difficult to make identifications, the BAMONA project requires a photograph with each citizen science submission. Records are only accepted if a coordinator can verify a species identification from the submitted photograph. Species that cannot be distinguished by their appearance require a specimen for further examination or dissection. Kelly Lotts and Thomas Naberhaus develop the database and http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ website, coordinate data compilation, develop policies, answer questions from users, and facilitate the work of the coordinators. Volunteer regional coordinators are responsible for data quality control and general scientific oversight. The authors are indebted to the work of Dr. Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, and scientists from the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, who were responsible for creating sites upon which this project is based. For many years, general scientific oversight was also provided by Paul A. Opler. |
Description des étapes de la méthode:
- See Sampling Description
Métadonnées additionnelles
| Identifiants alternatifs | https://bison.usgs.gov/ipt/resource?r=bamona |
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