Dr. Richard S. Peigler

Journal Articles

• R. S. Peigler. 1976. Observations on host plant relationships and larval nutrition in Callosamia (Saturniidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 30(3): 184-187.
• R. S. Peigler. 1977. Hybridization of Callosamia (Saturniidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 31(1):
  23-34.
• R. O. Kendall & R. S. Peigler. 1981. Hemileuca grotei (Saturniidae): its morphology, natural history, spacial and temporal distribution. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 35(1): 41-50.
• R. S. Peigler. 1981. Demonstration of reproductive isolating mechanisms in Callosamia (Saturniidae) by artificial hybridization. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 19(2): 72-81.
  
  J. C. E. Riotte & R. S. Peigler. 1981. A revision of the American genus Anisota (Saturniidae). The Journal of
  Research on the Lepidoptera 19(3): 101-180.
  
  R. S. Peigler & S. B. Vinson. 1984. Temporal distribution of species of Schinia flying in Brazos County, Texas. The Southwestern Entomologist 9(1): 48-51.
• R. S. Peigler. 1985. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Attacus (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Nachrichten des
  Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (Frankfurt) 6(2): 53-60.
• R. S. Peigler. 1985. Description, distribution, and biology of a new Hemileuca (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from western Texas and southern New Mexico. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (Frankfurt) 6(2): 113-124.
• R. S. Peigler. 1986. Worldwide predilection of resiniferous hostplants by three unrelated groups of moths in the genera Actias, Citheronia (Saturniidae) and subfamily Euteliinae (Noctuidae). Transactions of the
  Lepidopterological Society of Japan 37(1): 45-50.
• R. S. Peigler. 1988. A review of pollination of Magnolia by beetles, with a collecting survey made in the
  Carolinas. Journal of the Magnolia Society 45: 1-8.
• R. S. Peigler & S. B. Vinson. Parasitoid and hostplant records for genus Schinia (Noctuidae) in Texas. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 42(2): 144-145.
• R. S. Peigler & S. E. Stone. 1989. Taxonomic and biological notes on the Hemileuca maia complex (Saturniidae) with description of a new species from Texas and New Mexico. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 40(2): 149-166.
• R. S. Peigler. 1992. The identity of Samia cynthia and the status of its introduced populations. Wild Silkmoths '91: 164-178.
• R. S. Peigler. 1993. Megamoths. Wyoming Wildlife 57(8): 20-25.
• R. S. Peigler. 1993. A defense of Ailanthus. American Horticulturist 72(2): 38-43.
• R. S. Peigler. 1993. Cladistic analysis of the genera of the subfamily Arsenurinae (Saturniidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 47(3): 211-228.
• R. S. Peigler. 1993. Wild silks of the world. American Entomologist 39(3): 151-161.
• R. S. Peigler & R. O. Kendall. 1993. A review of the genus Agapema (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Proceedings of the Denver Museum of Natural History, Series 3, Number 3: 1-22.
• K. Veenakumari, P. Mohanraj & R. S. Peigler. 1995. Life history of Attacus mcmulleni (Saturniidae) from the Andaman Islands, India. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 31(3-4): 169-179.
• R. S. Peigler. 1996. Catalog of parasitoids of Saturniidae of the world. The Journal of Research on the
  Lepidoptera 33: 1-121.
• T. P. Friedlander, K. R. Horst, J. C. Regier, C. Mitter, R. S. Peigler & Q. Q. Fang. 1998. Two nuclear genes yield concordant relationships within Attacini (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9(1): 131-140.
• J. C. Regier, Q. Q. Fang, C. Mitter, R. S. Peigler, T. P. Friedlander & M. Alma Solis. 1998. Evolution and
  phylogenetic utility of the period gene in Lepidoptera. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15(9): 1171-1182.
• R. S. Peigler. 1999. Taxonomy, distribution, and sericultural potential of the American species of Antheraea (Saturniidae). Bulletin of the Indian Academy of Sericulture 3(1): 1-9.
• Colleen N. Ramos & R. S. Peigler. 1999. Comparative ultrastructure of silk fibers for identifying silk textiles. International Journal of Wild Silkmoth & Silk 4: 17-29.
• R. S. Peigler & E. W. Classey. 2000. Seitz' Macrolepidoptera of the World: perspectives from a taxonomist and a publisher. News of the Lepidopterists' Society 42(3): 93-95, 108-109.
• J. C. Regier, C. Mitter, R. S. Peigler & T. P. Friedlander. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in Lasiocampidae
  (Lepidoptera): initial evidence from elongation factor-1alpha sequences. Insect Systemetics & Evolution 31(2): 179-186.
• J. C. Regier, C. Mitter, T. P. Friedlander & R. S. Peigler. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships in Sphingidae
  (Insecta: Lepidoptera): initial evidence from two nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  20(2): 311-325.
• Peigler, R. S. & Jane W. Baird. 2001. Preliminary experiments to spin silks of seven species of Saturniidae from North America. International Journal of Wild Silkmoth & Silk 6: 1-6.
• S. Naumann & R. S. Peigler. 2001. Four new species of the silkmoth genus Samia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (Frankfurt) 22(2): 75-83.
• J. C. Regier, C. Mitter, R. S. Peigler & T. P. Friedlander. 2002. Monophyly, composition, and relationships
  within Saturniinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): evidence from two nuclear genes. Insect Systematics & Evolution 33(1): 9-21.
• Peigler, R. S. 2002. Lectotype designation of Attacus caesar (Maassen 1873) (Saturniidae). Revista de
  Revista de Lepidopterologia 30: 311-313.
• Peigler, R.S. & K.L. Wolfe 2004. Rediscovery of Anisota leucostygma (Boisduval, 1872), description of its immature stages, and notes on the genus Anisota Hübner, [1820] in Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Revista de Lepidopterologia 32 (125): 5-12.

Books, Book Chapters, Forewords

• R. S. Peigler. 1989. A Revision of the Indo-Australian Genus Attacus. The Lepidoptera Research Foundation, Beverly Hills, California. xi + 167 pp.
• R. S. Peigler & H. Y. Wang. 1996. Saturniid Moths of Southeastern Asia. Taiwan Museum, Taipei. 265 pp.
• R. S. Peigler. 1996. Foreword, pp. xi-xix in the book: Wings of Paradise: the Great Saturniid Moths, by John Cody. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 163 pp.
• R. S. Peigler. 1997. Prólogo, pp. 9-10 in the book: Observar Mariposas, by A. Masó & M. Pijoan. Editorial
  Planeta, Barcelona. 320 pp.
• R. S. Peigler. In press. The Silkmoths of Madagascar, Chapter 9 in book on Madagascar textiles. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
• R. S. Peigler & S. Naumann. 2003. A Revision of the Silkmoth Genus Samia. University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio. 288 pages, 16 color plates, 10 maps.