DEBORAH MATTHEWS LOTT
(D. L. Matthews)
Research Associate
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida, P. O. Box 112710
Gainesville, FL 32611-2710
Photo courtesy Mike Stangeland, butterfliesofamerica.com
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Research Interests
My research interests include systematics of Pterophoridae, especially larval hostplant associations, life history, morphology and taxonomy of larvae and pupae. Faunistic studies have concentrated on nearctic Pterophoridae, especially in the southeastern United States. Future publications will involve higher classification based on morphological data from adults and immatures.
Education
Ph.D., 2006. Entomology, University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology. Dissertation: Matthews, D.L. 2006. Larvae and Pupae of Nearctic Pterophoridae: A Synopsis of Life Histories, Morphology, and Taxonomy (Lepidoptera: Pterophoroidea). PhD Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville. 959 pp.
M.S., 1989. Entomology, University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology. Thesis: Matthews, D.L. 1989. The Plume Moths of Florida (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). MS Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville. 347 pp.
B.A., 1986. Biology, New College of USF, Sarasota, Florida. Honors thesis: Matthews, D.L. 1986. An ecological analysis of an insect assemblage of Yucca in Florida with descriptive notes on the autecologies of selected taxa.
Riverview High School, Sarasota, Florida 1979-1982
Hannibal Central High School, Hannibal, New York 1978-1979
Publications
Matthews, D. L. and Miller, J. Y. 2010. Notes on the Cacao Plume Moth in Honduras and description of the larvae and pupae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 20(1): 28-34.  5.4M
Matthews, D.L. 2010. A new species of Hellinsia from the southeastern United States (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 161: 1-13.
Matthews, D.L., and Maharajh, B.V. 2009. Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929: a gall-inducing plume moth of Siam Weed from South Florida and the neotropics (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 19(2): 64-70. 975K
Matthews, D.L. 2009. The sundew plume moth, Buckleria parvulus (Barnes & Lindsey). Southern Lepidopterists' News 31(2): 74-77. 2.1M
Matthews, D.L., and Landry, B. 2008. Description of a new species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the neotropics, with keys to adults of the four species occurring in Florida. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 18(2): 62-70. 3.6M
Matthews, D.L. 2008. Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). In: Capinera, John L. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd ed. Springer, London. Link
Matthews, D.L. 2008. The spiderling plume moth Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius) (Pterophoridae) in Florida and Texas. Southern Lepidopterists' News 30(4): 132-134. 4.1M
Matthews, D.L., Duncan, M.A. and Habeck, D.H. 2006. Cosmoclostis aglaodemsa:
description of the larva and pupa (Pterophoridae: Pterophorinae: Pterophorini).
Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 60: 92-97. 3.2M
Matthews, D.L. and Lott, T.A. 2005. Larval Hostplants of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera:
Pterophoroidea). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 76: 1-324.
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Landry, B., Roque-Albelo, L. and Matthews, D.L. 2004. Supplemental additions to the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) with description of a new species of Adaina Tutt. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen
Entomologischen Gesellschaft 77: 289-310. Link
Matthews, D.L. and Gielis, C. 2004. Leptodeuterocopus neales: a new record for Florida
and the United States (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Deuterocopinae). Florida
Entomologist 87(4): 621-622. 55K
Matthews, D.L. 2000. Review of Microlepidoptera of Europe, Volume 1, Pterophoridae, by Cees Gielis. 1996. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 54(1): 36-37. 494K
Matthews, D.L., Habeck, D.H. and Landry, B. 1994. Immature stages of Exelastis plume moths in Florida (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Platyptiliinae). TropicalLepidoptera 5: 43-53. 3.8M
Gielis,C; Matthews, D.L. 1994. Neotropical Pterophoridae 9: Chocophorus, a new neotropical genus (Lepidoptera). Ent. Ber. Amst. 54(9), 161-170. 4.0M
Matthews, D.L., D.H. Habeck, and D.W. Hall. 1990. Annotated checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida including larval food plant records. Florida Entomologist 73(4): 613-621. 676K
Cassani, J., D.H. Habeck, and D.L. Matthews. 1990. Life history of a plume moth Sphenarches anisodactylus (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Florida Entomolologist 73(2): 257-266. 937K
Internet Websites
Herbison-Evans,D; Crossley,SA; Matthews Lott, D. 1998. Pterophoridae, Plume Moths: Caterpillars of Australian Pterophoridae. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/pterophoridae.html
Matthews, D. 2005. Pterophoridae of North America. www.plumemoth.com
Referee for Pterophoridae, North American Moth Photographers Group.
Society Affiliations
The Lepidopterist's Society
Southern Lepidopterists’ Society
Association For Tropical Lepidoptera
Florida Entomological Society
Florida Native Plant Society
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