Young, Jim D.
Entomology Department Affiliated Staff
0000-0002-1096-5821
Young, Jim D.
Entomology Department Affiliated Staff
Positions
- Invertebrates Curator, Natural History Society of Maryland 2011 -
- National Taxonomist, USDA APHIS PPQ PEIP National Identification Services 2016 -
- Area Identifier, USDA- APHIS PPQ Field Operations 2009 - 2016
- Instructor, Oregon State University- Botany and Plant Pathology 2006 - 2009
- Instructor, University of Oregon 2007 - 2009
Research Areas
- Carposinidae (AGROVOC)
- Lepidoptera (AGROVOC)
- invasive alien species (AGROVOC)
- invasive species (AGROVOC)
- larval stage (AGROVOC)
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Entomology, University of Georgia , College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences 2002 - 2006
- B.Sc. in Forest Pathology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry , Environmental and Forest Biology 1998 - 2002
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Copen, Addison, Passoa, Steven, and Young, James. 2024. "Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée) (Noctuidae): Larval and Pupal Morphological Identification Guide with Confirmation of a New Hostplant Species and Family, Mentha spicata (L.) (Lamiales: Lamiaceae)." The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 78, (3) 190–199. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.78i3.a6. 2024
- Passoa, Steven, Young, James D., and van den Berghe, Eric. 2022. "Hosts, Morphological Notes, Distribution Records, and Systematics of Three Common Honduran Moths, Atteva aurea (Attevidae), Mesophleps adustipennis (Gelechiidae), and Hyblaea puera (Hyblaeidae)." The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 76, (4) 268–278. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.76i4.a6. 2022
- Young, James D. and Robertson, James A. 2020. "Reinstatement of Carposina ottawana Kearfott, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae) as a valid species." Insecta Mundi. 2020
Contact
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
