ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Inventory of the lepidopteran fauna of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Exhibit Hall A, Floor One (Knoxville Convention Center)
Deborah L. Matthews , University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Jacqueline Miller , McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Terry A. Lott , Dept. of Natural HIstory, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Roger W. Portell , Dept, of Natural History, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
James K. Toomey , Dept, of Natural History, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
The Guantanamo Bay Naval Base covers a 120 km2 area at the southeastern shore of Cuba.  The bay area is surrounded by several mountain ranges with the resulting rain shadow limiting annual precipitation to less than 24 inches.  The unique dry tropical sub-montane to marsh habitats preserved on the base are home to a variety of endemic and widespread lowland wildlife species.  A project to inventory Lepidoptera currently on the base and assemble records from previous collectors is in progress.  Initial fieldwork was conducted in January 2012.   Preliminary observations of habitats, adult and larval hostplant associations, and examples of the diversity of taxa encountered will be presented.
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