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William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes

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Name
  
William Merrifield


Died
  
April 12, 1968

Books
  
The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States

William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (April 23, 1885 Westborough – 12 April 1968 Worcester) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.

Works

Partial List

Coleoptera

  • The wing-venation of the Coleoptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 15:328-345, pls.29-35 (1922).
  • The wing folding patterns of the Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 34:42-68, 91-115, pls.7-18 (1926).

    • Lepidoptera

  • The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states: 1. Primitive forms, Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces. Memoir 68. Ithaca,NY: Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. 729 p.(1923).
  • The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states: 2. Geometridae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Lymantriidae. Memoir 274. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. 263 p.(1948).
  • The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states: 3.Noctuidae. Memoir 329. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. 433 p. (1954)
  • The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states: 4.Agaristidae through Nymphalidae including butterflies. Memoir 371.Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. 188 p.(1960

    • References

    William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes Wikipedia
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