Hi Mano et al. I'm not at the office but I'm on-line. There were 144 species of butterflies and skippers on the Ohio list when Iftner etal's book was published in 1992. Since then we've added about a half-dozen or so. As for moths, they generally outnumber butterflies by about 15 to 1, so a ballpark figure would be 2250 moths + 150 butterflies & skippers = 2400 total. I think that's low. If I have an opportunity I'll plow through the Ohio Lepidopterists' database and get a precise figure for species documented the last time the database was updated. We are, of course, adding species regularly, especially among so called "Microlepidoptera" -- the smaller moths. Some of these are not yet described and have no name, so a species list remains a moving target. So there is one person's best guess. Dave Horn (Chair, Ohio Lepidopterists Survey Committee, which gives me a small bit of authority.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manon Van Schoyck" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 12:38 PM Subject: [Ohio-birds] off topic > Question for you. How many species of moths and butterflies have been > recorded in Ohio? I didn't find Jim Davidson at home or Dave Horn in the > office. > > > > > Thanks! > > > Manon VanSchoyck > > > Ohio Nature Education > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5881 (20110216) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5881 (20110216) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]