Morphometric measurements relating to 177 macro-moth species collected in the UK, 2017

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

A collection of six morphometric measurements (forewing length, body length, thorax length, thorax width, abdomen length, and abdomen width) relating to the 177 macro-moth species sampled by two Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS) light traps (Bentley Wood and Porton Down III) from 33 days across 2017 (11-14 & 31 May; 1, 14-21 & 25-27 June; and 1-11, 17-18, and 24-26 July).

Publication date: 2021-06-29

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Spatial representation type

Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent

2017-05-11 to 2017-07-26

Provenance & quality

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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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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

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Lukach, M., Dally, T., Evans, W., Hassall, C., Duncan, E.J., Bennett, L., Addison, F.I., Kunin, W.E., Chapman, J.W., & Neely, R.R., III. (2022). The development of an unsupervised hierarchical clustering analysis of dual‐polarization weather surveillance radar observations to assess nocturnal insect abundance and diversity. In T. Sankey & M. Van Den Broeke (Eds.), Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (Vol. 8, Issue 5, pp. 698–716). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.270