Emily L. Morton

Emily L. Morton
Emily L. Morton
Born	April 3, 1841; New Windsor, New York, US
Died	January 8, 1920 (aged 78); New Windsor, New York, US
Citizenship	American
Known for	"The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars" series
	Scientific career
Fields	Entomology, scientific illustration
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Emily L. Morton (April 3, 1841, New Windsor – January 8, 1920, New Windsor) was an American entomologist and scientific illustrator. She was a co-author at onset of "The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars" series.[1]

Life

Emily L. Morton was born on April 3, 1814, in New Windsor, New York. At the age of thirteen, she came across a scientific book on insects with their Latin names and became interested in collecting books on insects.[2]

Morton described Lepidoptera life histories in U.S. entomological circles acquiring, rearing, and illustrating the life stages.[1]

She met other collectors through articles and advertisements in the journal The Canadian Entomologist.[2] In 1893, Morton started cooperating with entomologist Harrison G. Dyar after they placed mutual ads for exchanges of moths, including limacodids in Entomological News.[1]

She also supplied a researcher Alpheus Spring Packard, PhD, with rare specimens of insects injurious to forest and shade trees, such as Janassa lignicolor, Hyparpax aurora and others.[3]

Morton sold eight specimens of her extensive collection of Lepidoptera in which she had hybridized several forms, to an English collector.[2]

She is not known to have published her research results,[2] however Morton became a co-author at onset of "The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars" series.[1]

In 1904, Morton's collection of insects was divided between the American Museum of Natural History, the Boston Society of Natural History, and private collectors.[2]

Emily L. Morton died on January 8, 1920, in New Windsor.

References

Epstein, Marc (2016-01-28). Moths, Myths, and Mosquitoes: The Eccentric Life of Harrison G. Dyar, Jr. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-021527-9.
Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003-12-16). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 918. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.
Packard, Alpheus Spring (1890). Insects Injurious to Forest and Shade Trees. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 923.

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[:0-1] Epstein, Marc (2016-01-28). Moths, Myths, and Mosquitoes: The Eccentric Life of Harrison G. Dyar, Jr. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-021527-9.

[:1-2] Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003-12-16). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 918. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.

[3] Packard, Alpheus Spring (1890). Insects Injurious to Forest and Shade Trees. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 923.