MPM Lepidoptera of North America Network (LepNet)

Julia Colby1, Susan Sullivan Borkin1, Jennifer Zaspel1

1 Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W Wells St, 53233, Milwaukee, United States

Corresponding author(s): Julia Colby (colby@mpm.edu)Susan Sullivan BorkinJennifer Zaspel

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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

Colby J, Sullivan Borkin S, Zaspel J (2022): MPM Lepidoptera of North America Network (LepNet). v1.3. No organisation. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.mpm.edu/resource?r=lepnet&v=1.3

Abstract

The Lepidoptera of North America Network (LepNet) comprises 27 core research collections that will digitize specimen records and integrate these with existing records. Digitized larval vial records with host plant data marks the first significant digitization of larvae in North American collections. This digitization effort will produce enough data to elevate up to 5,000 lepidopteran species to a “research ready” status suitable for complex, data-driven analyses. LepNet will produce high-quality images of exemplar species covering at least 55% of North American lepidopteran species. These images will enhance identifications and promote systematic, ecological, and global change research.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

Project details

Project title: Lepidoptera of North America Network: Documenting Diversity in the Largest Clade of Herbivores
Personnel: Jennifer Zaspel
Funding: NSF DBI-1601957

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.mpm.edu/resource?r=lepnet

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Lepidoptera
Taxonomic ranks
Order: Lepidoptera
Common names: Butterflies and moths

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: North America
Coordinates: 21°56'34.8''N and 83°21'36''N Latitude; 169°6'7.2''W and 50°58'37.2''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 1882 - 2019

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: MPM
Collection name: Milwaukee Public Museum Insect Collection
Collection identifier: ENT

Methods

Method step description: 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive MPM Lepidoptera of North America Network (LepNet)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.mpm.edu/archive.do?r=lepnet
Publication date of data: 2022-01-11
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-03-23
Hierarchy level: Dataset