AMNH | American Museum of Natural History, New York |
AMP | "American Moths of the Subfamily Phycitinae", J. Heinrich, Smithsonian, 1956 |
ANSP | Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia |
BMNH | British Museum of Natural History, London |
bnds | Bands (in descriptions of unnamed species) |
brkn | Broken (in descriptions of unnamed species) |
CAS | California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco |
CIS | California Insect Survey, housed at Essig Museum, Berkeley or CAS |
cmpgrnd | Campground |
CG | Campground-will replace "cmpgrnd" |
CNC | Canadian National Collection, Ottawa |
Cr | Creek |
CSU | Colorado State University, Fort Collins |
DAB | David A. Bauer |
E | East (used to designate a direction from the location following) |
Eco | Ecological |
em | Emerged |
F | Female |
Fld | Field |
FS | Felix Sperling |
gmt | Government |
In lit | In literature personally accessed by K. Richers |
JAD | John A. DeBenedictis |
JAP | Jerry A. Powell |
KD | Ken Davenport |
KMR | Kelly M. Richers |
LACM | Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles |
lit | Literature (information found in a published article) |
LLC | Lawrence L, Crabtree |
LCAMI | "Annotated List of California Microlepidoptera" J. Powell and Y.F. Hsu |
LRL | "List of Reared Lepidoptera" Essig Museum, UC Berkeley |
M | Male |
man | Manuscript |
mi | Miles |
MONA | "Moths of America North of Mexico" various applicable fascicles |
mv | Mercury Vapor light |
N | North (used to designate a direction from the location following) |
NMNM | National Museum of Natural History, same as USNM. This is the updated name. |
NOSC | "Noctuids of Southern California" manuscript, T. Mustelin, R. Leuschner |
NP | National Park |
P & S R | Paul and Sandra Russell |
PJ | Peter Jump |
PMT | Paul M. Tuskes |
R | River |
Res | Reserve |
rev | Revision |
RHL | Ronald H. Leuschner |
RMB | Richard M. Brown |
RLL | Robert L. Langston |
RSW | Ronald S. Wielgus |
S | South (used to designate a direction from the location following) |
SDNHM | San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego |
SJSC | San Jose State College |
SP | State Park |
sp | Species |
s.s. | Season Summary of the News of the Lepidopterists' Society |
SSM | Steven S. Miller |
Sta | Station |
TED | Thomas E. Dimock |
UCB | University of California, Berkeley, Essig Museum of Entomology |
UCD | University of California, Davis, Bohart Museum |
UConn | University of Connecticut |
UCR | University of California, Riverside |
USNM | United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institute |
uv | Ultraviolet light |
W | West (used to designate a direction from the location following) |
Wh | White (in descriptions of unnamed species) |
WP | William Patterson |
YFH | Y.F. Hsu |