Date (Publication)

2021-06-29

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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/3a813bd9-59ae-476e-a170-ab83fe1587b2

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doi: / 10.5285/3a813bd9-59ae-476e-a170-ab83fe1587b2

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Dally, T., Evans, W.L., Jane, J. (2021). Morphometric measurements relating to 177 macro-moth species collected in the UK, 2017. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/3a813bd9-59ae-476e-a170-ab83fe1587b2

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Habitats and Biotopes

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3

• lepidopteran

Keywords

• Moths
• Rothamsted Insect Survey
• light trap
• morphometric
• forewing
• body length
• abdomen
• thorax

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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Dally, T., Evans, W.L., Jane, J. (2021). Morphometric measurements relating to 177 macro-moth species collected in the UK, 2017. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/3a813bd9-59ae-476e-a170-ab83fe1587b2

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Topic category

• Biota

Begin date

2017-05-11

End date

2017-07-26

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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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Since the RIS light-trap network does not collect and store physical samples, our morphometric trait database was primarily constructed using images of these 177 macro-moth species, namely digitised specimens from the collection of the Natural History Museum, London (NHM). Measurements were taken from 5 randomly-selected digitised specimens per species using ImageJ software. Where significant sexual dimorphism was present within a species, 5 specimens were randomly selected per sex per species. For macro-moth species without digitised records from the NHM, measurements were taken from the (to scale) photographic colour plates within Skinner, B. 2009. Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles. 3rd ed. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books, using Duratool digital callipers (resolution: 0.1mm; accuracy: ±0.2mm).

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2025-11-13T16:24:59

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