Research interests:
Lepidoptera; population biology; reproductive biology; life
history evolution; systematics of Tortricidae; forest entomology;
insect galls.
Teaching interests:
Lepidopterology (Ent. 5380).
Selected publications:
___________. 2000. A comparative taxonomic-natural history
study of eight Neartic species of Gnorimoschema that
induce stem galls on Asteraceae, including descriptions of three
new species (Lepidoptera:Gelechiidae). Thomas Say Publ. Entomol.
Monogr. 76pp.
___________. 1996. Population behavior and adult feeding capability
in Lepidoptera. Environ. Entomol. 25: 213-226..
___________. 1996. Diversity and evolution of tongue length
in hawkmoths (Sphingidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 51:9-31. (Click
here to download a PDF version of this article)
___________. Jerapowellia burnsorum, a new genus and
species of moth from the southwestern United States (Tortricidae:
Olethreutinae). J. Lepid. Soc. 49: 24-30.
___________. 1995. Beringian Tortricidae: A new synonymy in
Epiblema and a recount of holarctic species. J. Lepid.
Soc. 49: 250-252.
Batzer, H. O., M. P. Martin, W. J. Mattson & W. E. Miller.1995.
The forest tent caterpillar in aspen stands: Distribution and
density estimation of four life stages in four vegetation strata.
For. Sci. 41:99-121.
Grant, G. G. & W. E. Miller. 1995. Larval images on lepidopteran
wings--an unrecognized defense mechanism? Am. Entomol. 41: 44-48.
Miller, W. E. 1991. Body size in North American Lepidoptera
as related to geography. J. Lepid. Soc. 45: 158-168.
__________. 1987. Spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae):
Role of adult imbibing in reproduction. Environ. Entomol. 16:
1291-1295.
__________ & M. E. Epstein. 1986. Synchronous population
fluctuations among moth species (Lepidoptera). Environ. Entomol.
15: 443-447. |
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