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Dr. Timothy McCabe

Curator of Entomology, State Entomologist

timothy.mccabe@nysed.gov

518-486-2006

Ph.D., Entomology (taxonomy), 1976, Cornell University
M.S., Entomology (taxonomy), 1974, North Dakota State University
B.S., Entomology, 1973, North Dakota State University
Undergraduate, biology major, 1969-1972, Moorhead State University, Minnesota

My research focuses on taxonomy and biology of the Lepidoptera, and the monitoring of rare and endangered species. To augment the coverage of the NYSM collections, I do surveys of regions that have never been entomologically investigated.

My Research Projects

Publications

2023

McCabe, T.L., Adams, M.S., 2023. Five new species of the genus Leucania Ochsenheimer in Central America (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Zootaxa 5256, 250 - 266. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5256.310.11646/zootaxa.5256.3.2

2022

Adams, M.S., McCabe, T.L., 2022. A Revision of the New World Moth Genus Athyrma Hübner (LEPIDOPTERA: EREBIDAE). Zootaxa 5105, 1 - 47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5105.110.11646/zootaxa.5105.1.1

2018

St Laurent, R.A., McCabe, T.L., Malm, T., 2018. Revision of the genus Aleyda Schaus, 1928 with the description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Mimallonidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 46, 157-167.

Mihuc, J.R., McCabe, T.L., 2018. Nepytia pellucidaria (Packard) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in New York State. News of The Lepidopterists’ Society 60, 66-67.

2017

St Laurent, R.A., McCabe, T.L., 2017. The identity of Arhodia egenaria Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae) and a new synonym of Cicinnus melsheimeri (Harris, 1841). Zootaxa 4254. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4254.3.7

2016

St.Laurent, R.A., McCabe, T.L., 2016. The Mimallonidae (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea) of the Caribbean Basin, with the descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4084, 557. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4084.410.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.6

2014

McCabe, T.L., 2014. New York State Wildlife Grant T 17: Baseline Survey of Lepidoptera Species of Greatest Conservation Need. 2014 Final Report. Albany, New York.

McCabe, T.L., 2014. New York State Wildlife Grant T 17: Baseline Survey of Lepidoptera Species of Greatest Conservation Need. 2014 Quarterly Report (2nd Quarter). Albany, New York.

McCabe, T.L., 2014. New York State Wildlife Grant T 17: Baseline Survey of Lepidoptera Species of Greatest Conservation Need. 2014 Quarterly Report (1st Quarter). Albany, New York.

2011

Wagner, D.L., McCabe, T.L., 2011. A New Zanclognatha from Eastern North America and a Preliminary Key to the Larvae of the Genus. ZooKeys 149, 89-101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.149.2348