Eugene G. Munroe

Eugene Gordon Munroe (8 September 1919 – 31 May 2008) was a Canadian entomologist who discovered numerous species of insects. He worked for the Insect Systematics and Biological Control Unit, Entomology Division in Ottawa, Canada.[1]

Munroe was "the acknowledged authority on the Pyraloidea worldwide for many years".[1] From 1976 to 1982, he also served as editor-in-chief of Moths of America North of Mexico.[1]

Authored taxa

• Taxa named by Eugene G. Munroe

Publications

Monroe published more than 200 papers, including:

• Munroe, E.G. 1948: The geographical distribution of butterflies in the West Indies. Ph.D. thesis. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
• Munroe, E.G. 1959: New Pyralidae from the Papuan Region (Lepidoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 91(2): 102–112.
• Munroe, E.G. 1960: New Tropical Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 92(3): 164–173.
• Munroe, E.G. 1960a: A New Genus of Pyralidae and its Species (Lepidoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 92(3): 188–192.
• Munroe, E.G., Mutuura, A. 1968: Contributions to a study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of temperate East Asia II. The Canadian Entomologist, 100(8): 861–868.
• Munroe, E.G., Mutuura, A. 1968a: Contributions to a study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of temperate East Asia I. The Canadian Entomologist, 100(8): 847–861. doi: 10.4039/Ent100847-8.
• Mutuura, A., Munroe, E.G. 1970: Taxonomy and distribution of the European corn borer and allied species: Genus Ostrinia (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 112 (supplement 71): 1–112.
• Shaffer, J.C. & Munroe, E., 1989. Type Material Of 4 African Species Of Notarcha Meyrick, With Designations Of Lectotypes And Changes In Synonymy (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 248-256
• Shaffer, J.C. & Munroe, E., 1989. Type material of two African species of Herpetogramma and one of Pleuroptya (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 414-420

References

1. Solis, M. Alma (2008). "Eugene G. Munroe 'The Lepidopterist' 1919-2008" (PDF). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada. 40 (3): 139–143.

• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 483.
• Solis, M. Alma (2003). "Introduction: In Celebration of Eugene G. Munroe" (PDF). Tropical Lepidoptera. 11 (1–2): 1–6.
• Solis, M. Alma (2009). "Eugene Munroe (8 September 1919–31 May 2008)" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 63 (1): 52–57.