William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes
Encyclopedia
William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (1885 Westborough- 12 April 1968 Worcester
) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera
and Coleoptera.
Coleoptera
Lepidoptera
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
and Coleoptera.
Works
Partial ListColeoptera
- 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